FAYEMI DENIES DISCUSSING BUHARI’S ECONOMIC POLICY AT LBS

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr kayode Fayemi, has described as false, reports linking him to discussing the economic programmes of President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at the Lagos Business School. In a statement yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, Fayemi described such reports as misguided and fabricated.
The statement said: “While it is true that Dr Fayemi was Guest Speaker at the Lagos Business School (LBS) Breakfast meeting, he was not there as a representative of the President-elect, General Muhammad Buhari and neither was he introduced as such.
Aside this, the various “policies” of the incoming administration purported to have been disclosed by Dr Fayemi by the misleading reports, were mere fabrication as the thrust of discussion at the event was essentially on the campaign manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and how it was successfully marketed to the electorate.

INTERIM GOVERNMENT: WE HAVE PROOF AGAINST JONATHAN – FAYEMI

President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lied in their claim that no entreaty was made to woo All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu into a proposed interim government, former Governor Kayode Fayemi said Sunday.
Fayemi, presently the director of policy in the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation who disclosed the existence of verifiable proof of the plot also reassured the president and his aides that a future APC national government would not witch-hunt them through a probe.
Fayemi, who spoke in Ado Ekiti nevertheless cautioned the PDP led administration against allowing any harm to the person of Tinubu, warning that any such harm would mean crossing the red line as he said that Tinubu’s assertion of a threat to his life was true.
Fayemi spoke at Aramoko Ekiti Sunday during the 40-day Fidau for the late Pa Jejelola Akingbolu and Mrs Raliat Akingbolu.

FAYEMI, FAYOSE SHAKE HANDS IN PUBLIC

Governor Fayose of Ekiti State and his precedessor, Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday suprised many when they shake hands in public. The occassion was the 60th birthday of Segun Oni which held at the Methodist Church, Ifaki, Ekiti.
Both men, who sat together smiled as they exchanged pleasantries during the ceremony.
At the event, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Saturday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party governments under former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’ Adua, and President Jonathan expended over $28bn on power without achieving any result.
Odigie-Oyegun also said 2015 was God’s appointed time for the opposition party to take over from the PDP.

WHY I BUILT NEW EKITI GOVERNMENT HOUSE – FAYEMI

IN a publication that pictorially showcased ex-governor Kayode Fayemi’s exploit in Ekiti, titled: ‘Leapfrogging Ekiti from Obscurity to Prosperity’ the conception and funding of the new controversial government house were clearly stated that ‘’The administration of Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti State places much premium on infrastructure which it believes is a catalyst for modernizing the state.
Infrastructural development is the second policy thrust of the 8-point agenda of the Fayemi administration otherwise known as the “Roadmap to Ekiti Recovery.
‘’Desirous of being remembered for good by citizens of the State, the Fayemi administration conceived what it called “Legacy Projects” bequeathed to the generations yet unborn.
‘’In conceiving the projects, the administration took cognizance of the need to execute projects that accord with the needs of the government and people of Ekiti and critically also, positively project the Land of Honour in the comity of states in Nigeria.
‘’Not ready to be encumbered by the meagre allocations from the Federation Account as the state is 35th out of 36th on the nation’s revenue ladder, the administration secured a N25 billion bond from the Capital Market.

FAYEMI YELLS ■ YOU’VE NOT HEARD THE LAST ABOUT EKITI ELECTION

…’Read my speech again. I did not accept defeat.’

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has countered the widespread belief that he conceded defeat to his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenger, Mr. Ayodele Fayose who was declared winner of the June 21 governorship poll in the state.In his first interview after the election granted to Dapo Thomas, a journalist and university teacher who also writes for Sunday Sun, Fay­emi asked anyone who thought he accepted the outcome to read the transcript of his post-election broadcast again.

“Anyone who understands the English lan­guage well would know that that speech was not the concession speech that many people are talking about. Yes, I have said I won’t chal­lenge the election in court and congratulated Mr Fayose, but that’s not tantamount to accept­ing the result. That’s about saving Ekiti.”

The governor fielded questions on what went wrong in Ekiti; whether he had regrets for his policies and actions; his relationship with the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other compelling is­sues.

The full interview is here presented:

EKITI POLL: APC OVERRULES FAYEMI, GOES TO COURT •PARTY IS PLANNING MAYHEM —PDP

DESPITE the acceptance of defeat by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti State governorship election, Dr Kayode Fayemi, the opposition party, on Thursday declared that the election was skewed in favour of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has resolved to challenge it in court.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who read the party’s communique at the end of the inaugural meeting of its National Working Committee (NWC), said that processes leading to the election were against his party.
According to Alhaji Mohammed, “in order to prevent a recurrence of what happened in Ekiti, especially the militarization of the process, the harassment and intimidation of citizens, especially those in opposition, my party has decided to challenge in court some of these constitutional breaches”.

IN STATE BROADCAST, FAYEMI STANDS BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in a state broadcast this morning conceded defeat to his rival, Mr. Ayo Fayose, who beat him in yesterday’s governor’s election in the state.
In the broadcast, Fayemi said: “Yesterday, Ekiti State decided. Following the gubernatorial elections held in the land of honour, Ekiti State, Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially returned the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election.
“If indeed this is the will of the Ekiti People, I stand in deference to your will. If the result of the elections is an expression of the voice of our people, we must all heed your voice.

EKITI: 5 REASONS WHY FAYEMI LOST TO FAYOSE

Like a bad dream, supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) are still trying to understand the tsunami that hit them in the Ekiti governorship election. Governor Kayode Fayemi had been widely acknowledged as having performed very well. His re-election was, therefore, supposed to be taken for granted. But in the June 21 poll, he lost woefully to Ayo Fayose, former governor of the state. Why did this happen? We list five possible reasons.

APC LEADERS GANG UP AGAINST FAYEMI

•In secret alliance with Bamidele
The governorship election in Ekiti State has begun to take a new twist as questions are now being asked on the level of support being received by the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from the powers that be in his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
There are also indications that the candidature of the Labour Party’s Opeyemi Bamidele in the June 21 election, has the blessing of the leaders of the APC in the South-West, with sources in the party claiming that the leaders have more sympathy for Bamidele than they have for Governor Fayemi in the race.
According to sources in the party, there had been speculations about the close relationship of Senator Tinubu with Honourable Bamidele as opposed to Governor Fayemi. Indeed, Bamidele was said to have confided in some people that his defection from the APC had the full blessing of the ‘Lion of Bourdillon’.

FAYEMI SACKS COUNCIL CHAIRMEN, APPOINTS NEW SECRETARIES

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has dissolved the caretaker committees of the 16 local government areas of the state, with the state House of Assembly saying it has approved the reconstitution of the committees.

Speaker of the Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, according to a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, “read a letter from the governor notifying the House of the need to reconstitute the committees so as not to give room for vacuum at the third tier of government.”

The statement quoted the Majority Leader of the assembly, Mr Churchill Adedipe, to have moved the motion for the approval of the reconstitution, pointing out that the action was based on the provision of “Section 4 sub section 4 of the Local Government Transition Committee Law of Ekiti State.”