Governor of Ekiti State has taken to twitter to express his thoughts about events in Nigeria.
Read below what he has to say
I don’t have advice for them (govs). No advice. Everybody should mind his business. Ekiti is my business, I will mind my business and I want to remain a minder of my business only. I sometimes get over 600 text messages and I reply them late in the night and early mornings. When they demand for call credits, I have N200 and N500 call credits in my house.
I cannot give one ‘big man’ N1,500 call credit. I deal with the common people on the streets. Even if you give a politician your whole wealth, he will still say ‘how much is this?’When you reach out to d ordinary man,he will not have an opportunity to come & say thank you,they will keep their thank u for a payback date.
Even if I’m not governor now, there is no election in this state in which I will not have a major influence. I call all the workers together whenever money comes and I present the documents. I tell them ‘this is all the money’.I go to the radio and television and reveal to the people what we have and how we are sharing it. When you are in tune with the people, they will protect you. They will stand up for you.
I left over N10.4 billion in the coffers of Ekiti State government. Today I came to meet debts running to almost N80 billion. All the outstanding debts of salaries then, I paid and this one ahead of me too, I believe that there will be a way for me to pay.
I don’t even drive bullet-proof cars. When you are doing the people’s will, there’s no need to be scared. You will notice that since after the exit of the 19 Boko Haram APC lawmakers here, the state has witnessed absolute peace.
If you compare my first coming and now, I have not done much, because this state is as good as being mortgaged.I have stopped talking about it because it is public knowledge now in the country and beyond.And in most states controlled by the APC, the debt burden is unfortunate; it’s not something to talk about. N25bn bond is on Ekiti, which I cannot do anything about. The N31 billion commercial loan is there; they are deducting it.
For me, we’ve done reasonably well within the ambit of what is available.I met two months of salary arrears owed by Governor Fayemi, but under my own government, I do not owe anybody.
Elections have come and gone and, as I always say, President Muhammadu Buhari is the president of Nigeria, not by his own grace. I wanted Jonathan but God has given it to Buhari and so, we all have to submit to the will of God. So, I have congratulated Buhari; I wish him success and a good tenure.
However, that does not remove the fact that if he (Buhari) is not doing it rightly we will not state our mind.
It is a free society; there is no almighty governor; there is no almighty president. We are all governed by civility and by the constitution. And that brings me to the fact that Ekiti is gone for good from the hands of APC. Even if Tinubu becomes the INEC chairman, they will lose in Ekiti, because they are not on the ground here.
If you look at the processes of the botched impeachment, what happened aftermath, was a defence put up by the people. Buhari is the president,by God’s grace.I wish him well.But I must state without mincing words that I don’t curry favours that I don’t need.
I represent my people and my duty is to make sure that I cooperate with the Federal Government. When you say Federal Government, Buhari is the face. When you say Ekiti government, I am the face. We will cooperate, collaborate & work with the Federal Government and it will not end up as personal issues between the president and Fayose.
The people said PDP was not doing it well, they voted us out. Okay. PDP was not doing well, let us see what APC has to offer. But for me, they have not started well. This pace is too slow and they are playing to the gallery too much.