Fayose’s proposed PDP exit: A cowardly retraction
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, well tutored in the art of political skullduggery and mastery of shenanigans particularly in manner that flies in the face of logic and ethical congruence, has once again, added another dimension into the mix of controversy surrounding his political emprise. Fayose described the Ondo people’s democratic choice as an […]
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, well tutored in the art of political skullduggery and mastery of shenanigans particularly in manner that flies in the face of logic and ethical congruence, has once again, added another dimension into the mix of controversy surrounding his political emprise.
Fayose described the Ondo people’s democratic choice as an impossible task in Ekiti State and went to the extent of boasting about his political invincibility that could prevent the ruling APC from winning a local government in the next Ekiti governorship election.
The narrative of invincibility would have been more persuasive had Governor Fayose’s last election not being a subject of high wired electoral manipulation that has indicted Dasuki, Obanikoro and companies and individuals with relationship with the Ekiti governor.
The narrative of grassroots hegemony is also disputable for the fact that the demographics of the grass root be it the state civil service of the Okada riders are hardly enthusiastic of the performance of the Governor particularly his proclivity for obstructionisms at the federal level whilst spending little time in governing his state.
Fayose took this bizarre extremism to its upper limits by leading a delegation to China to stop Chinese government from granting a loan request by the federal government.
One wonders how such peregrinations affect an average Ekiti men and women.
Unlike what obtained in Edo where the immediate past governor increased the minimum wage to N25,000 as a parting gift to the state civil servants, Ekiti continues to owe several months of civil service salaries even when evidence in the domain of EFCC suggests that the governor’s personal account is funded enough to pay all the salary backlog, a situation that show the governor as being richer than the state he governs.
Fayose’s contradictions give political pundits a sure bet that apart from the state Assembly members who are still enjoying Fayose’s patronage, Ekiti electorate may have made up their minds on the ouster of Fayose’s political dynasty in a more dramatic way than the Ondo experience.
Again the Buhari’s political capital as witnessed in Edo and Ondo is likely to resonate with the Ekiti voters who would likely see Fayose’s political tendencies as isolationist at best and a regional disjunction from the rest of the southwest.
The governor’s tentative exit from the PDP could have no political resonance beyond its facade of comic relieve.
Bukola Ajisola, [email protected]