Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Governor Ayo Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, has condemned President Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu for warning the Governor about his comments on the economy.
Olayinka said
“Governor
Fayose will continue to say the truth in the interest of Nigeria and
its people because the governor is not one of those that will go
underground because of political persecution.”
Adding that “the
President himself attested to this when he said the country was broke
and this has also been corroborated by the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) Group financial report, indicating that the
corporation incurred a total loss of N120.07bn in the months of August
and September.
“JP Morgan is also
removing Nigeria from its Emerging Market Bond Index, a move analysts
say, would have far reaching implications for the country’s dwindling
economy as investors could move their funds to competing countries,
resulting in higher lending rates.
“It is
therefore, a sad reminder of the military era that in a democracy,
under a federation in which all federating units enjoy some degree of
autonomy, the Presidency is warning a state governor on what to say and
what not to say.
“Top functionaries of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), including governors criticised the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government of Dr Goodluck Jonathan, the
Presidency did not go about warning them.
“Certainly,
these people working with the President need to be purged of Acquired
Immune Military Dictatorship Syndrome (AIMDS), even as they must be told
that Governor Fayose won’t stop speaking his mind and exposing their
hypocrisy in the overall interest of Nigeria and its people.”
Hmmmm!!
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