Fayose had on Wednesday written to the government of China urging President Xi Jinping not to approve a $2 billion loan to implement development component of the 2016 national budget
Browsing: Governor Ayo Fayose
President Buhari’s visit to China this week was to discuss the development of the country’s infrastructure, including a $2 billion loan for railway projects
The Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, who made this known in a release issued in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, said the governor will hold talks with prospective investors in mechanised farming, experts in skill acquisition, particularly training in the area of perfect finishing in building construction, as well as experts in auto-repairs modern technologies
In a petition to the Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command and copied to the State Director of the Department of State Services, the National Human Rights Commission and State Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Oluwayose alleged that on April 11, 2016, around 18:47hours, Afolabi called him on mobile phone number 08033829346 in the presence of his wife to threaten him
Fayose had last week criticised the proposal by the Independent National Election Commission to establish election crimes tribunal to try individuals involved in fraudulent practices and violence during elections.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had said on Thursday in Lagos that the current five per cent VAT rate in the country was very low.
Osinbajo went on to add that the Federal Government would increase the taxpayer base
this year
The governor, who said the 2016 budget was not a reflection of the present economic reality in the country, added: “By the time they borrow N1.84 trillion to fund their N6.06 billion budget; I wonder how Nigeria will survive in 2017 when the Federal Government will be servicing debt with about 50 percent of its budget
He said any Electoral Offences Tribunal established under this present dispensation will only be used against opposition parties as the Department of States Services, Police, Armed forces and other agencies of the Federal Government were used during the Bayelsa and Rivers States elections
Olugbemi, who said he was surprised that Aluko could address the press on Tuesday and deny that he willingly attended the Sunday night meeting with Governor Fayose and that he spoke to the press under duress after the meeting, disclosed that he, out of genuine concern for peace, took Aluko to Eko Hotel in Lagos, the venue of the meeting
Rather, Aluko said what was captured on video as a reconciliatory meeting with Fayose in Lagos on Sunday was organised propaganda to stain his image and malign his integrity
According to available information, Aluko met with Fayose in his Lagos home on Sunday
In a statement on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose also supervised the payment of compensation to people whose houses and structures were affected by the project
Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said” “It is shameful that while President Buhari was far away in the United States of America, attending a summit that does not have any bearing on Nigeria and its people, an unprecedented happened – power generation stopped completely for over three hours!
He added: “Aluko and his likes can continue to run from pillar to post, all their efforts will come to nought and like the Biblical Judas, we will all live to see how those he treating him like their man Friday now will dump him
The policemen, according to a statement, were led by one CSP Mohammed Abubakar of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja
Fayose warned the contractor against unnecessary delay, saying the project must be delivered within the stipulated time.
He said: “This was a project that has been in my heart since my first term
The Publicity Secretary of the APC, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement on Sunday that Fayose’s unguided statements had exposed him as a man fighting a lone battle against the Federal Government over selfish motives to put millions of Nigerians in jeopardy of instability in an already tottering economy
In a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, Fayose said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress had over the years proven to be a great political figure in the country.
He said: “I heartily felicitate with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he clocks 64 on March 29. Whether one likes it or not, Asiwaju Tinubu has become a political pillar and leader not only in Yorubaland but in Nigeria
The governor said it was funny that the same set of people who as governors ruined the economy of their States were the resource persons at the retreat, asking: “What solution can the likes of former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who as governor plunged the State into unprecedented debt by borrowing money to build governor’s lodge, pavilion and uncompleted civic centre proffer to the economy of Nigeria?”
The governor, who decried the reported violence in Rivers State and other States in the country, said: “Only a president with ulterior political motives will elevate political violence above the kind of genocide carried out by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State.