Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, has queried the source of former
president Olusegun Obansanjo’s wealth, claiming that he siphoned public
funds. Speaking in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show,
Fayose also said President Muhammadu Buhari is clueless about the state
of Nigeria’s economy. “I am the longest-serving governor, I’ve served
in Obasanjo’s administration. I told everybody, when Obasanjo left
prison, did he declare his assets? The library now today, where did the
money come from,” he asked.
“His house that he built in
Abeokuta, where did the money come from? Even Buhari himself, he
declared cattle herds and mud houses, he said he doesn’t have money.
From which account did the money for the campaign come from? “We are
fooling ourselves, because he’s in power today, to say he’s the one
prosecuting; somebody else might be there tomorrow. It’s unfortunate
that men of honour of yesterday are quiet today.”
NOT AFRAID OF BUHARI
He
said Obasanjo shared money to senators from his state during his failed
third-term plan, adding that he is a veteran who cannot be scared of
Buhari’s anti-corruption war. “During the third-term agenda that money
was given to senators and reps, they were given in my state.
It
is good to Obasanjo to come to the television every day and celebrate
himself, or go to prostrate at the villa. Let me tell you expressly, the
truth would find all of us out at some point.” Quoting Hebrews 13:6,
Fayose said he could not be afraid of whatever Buhari could do to him,
saying: “…because we have God, we fear not what man would do to us.”
Fayose called on Buhari to “stop the noise about corruption” and
concentrate on the economy,” saying the president seems to have no plan
for diversification while investing billions in the search for oil in
the north.
“Last month, I got N1.3 billion; my wage bill is N2.6
billion, asides security, electricity, water and basic essential
services to the people. Do I use this money for diversification at the
expense of the people? No, I can’t. It’s not impossible, it’s an uphill
task. “My first counsel to the federal government is that he should stop
the noise about corruption, he should concentrate on the economy.
Rebuild this economy. “You want to diversify, you’re still putting over
N100 billion, over N150 billion to exploring oil in the north. It shows a
leader that is sectional. When we want to diversify, we diversify the
country’s economy, not an economy that is sectional.
“If anybody
is telling you he can create any jobs in this economy, he is lying. I
don’t want to come before this camera and tell Nigerians lies. My wings
are clipped financially.”
TREE-PLANTING IN EKITI
“The
only thing I’m trying to do in Ekiti is to make sure I plan trees
everywhere, economic trees; in 10 years it would become of great
benefit. It is difficult for me to come before the camera to start
telling you I’m creating jobs.” He said he had been paying one-month
salaries with allocations from two months: “In my prediction, I said it
that Buhari does not have clue, he’s still in an analogue stage, he does
not have clue about the economy of Nigeria.
I’m saying it
expressly; the president does not understand (the) economy. “If you
understand the economy, you can do everything simultaneously, without
rocking the boat of the whole country. You go out of the country to tell
the world your country is corrupt, you destroy your own people. Who
would come and do business with them?
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