Ayodele Fayose,
governor of Ekiti state, has promised to tone down his criticism of President
Muhammadu Buhari “due to the intervention” of Babatunde Fashola.
Fashola, who is the minister of power, works and housing,
visited Ekiti on Thursday to inspect some projects.
Promising to exercise patience with Buhari’s government, Fayose
said he does not expect all developmental projects in Ekiti to be fixed in one
term.
“We would be praying for your success, there is nothing to ask,
because you’ve said it all, and we don’t expect you to do all in one term,” he
said.
“If we would be getting this much help, we won’t be criticising
the federal government like this.
“Maybe because of you, I will tone down. But remember that a blind
man has no way of knowing until it gets to his mouth. He would say what you
promised me is already in my mouth.
“We appreciate you, I don’t want to demand too much… From your
statement you have mentioned two-key roads, without them, there is no Ekiti,
there is no Ondo.”
Speaking earlier, the minister, who is currently inspecting
projects in the south-west, pledged the commitment of the federal government in
supporting every state in the federation to achieve “social, developmental and
economic objectives”.
“The federal government is not in competition with any state
government; we are here to enable, to support and to assist,” he said.
“Our representatives in your state, our ambassadors, and that is
why I said we should visit you first.
“Here is the one who is mandated to ensure the roads in this state
are safe, they are free from potholes and so on and so forth. I therefore will
start by asking you to treat him the way you treat other ambassadors who
visit your state.”
Some of the projects both men inspected were the Fajuyi Flyover
and bungalow constructions under the national housing programme.
-The Cable
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