Fayose finally reacts to President Buhari's return
Fayose finally reacts to President Buhari's return
Governor Fayose expressed delight in President Buhari's return - He
described it as a welcome development - He however said Nigerians were hungry
for development Governor Ayodele Fayose has expressed delight over the return
of President Muhammadu Buhari from medical treatment in London. The president
returned to the country on Saturday, August 19 after spending more than 100
days outside of the country for medical treatment.
Premium Times reports that the Ekiti governor spoke after a brief
meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party governors and leaders on Monday,
August 21. Fayose’s reaction was quoted in a statement issued by Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state where he said Buhari’s return was a welcome
development.
Read the statement below: As consolidation on the gains of the last
People’s Democratic Party PDP, Non-Elective Congress in Abuja continues,
Governors Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) Nyesom Wke (Rivers) Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and
Secretary, PDP Caretaker Committee, Ben Obi converged on Asaba enroute Anambra
for the PDP governorship primaries. Speaking after the brief meeting at the
Asaba international Airport, Chairman PDP Governors Forum, Ayo Fayose assured
members of the party of fairness, transparency and Justice in party affairs. He
said that the leadership of the party is re-strategizing to ensure success in
future elections, assuring that the unity and reconciliation of party members
would bring political gains in 2019. "This is a new beginning for our
party, it is part of the effort of our party to ensure due process and that
everybody gets justice, with the calibre of men in this our National Committee
you can be rest assured of transparency, justice and fairness,” he said.
Governor Fayose congratulated the president on his return from his medical leave
but reminded him that Nigerians are hungry not only for food but for
development, he urged the Buhari led All Progressive Congress (APC) government
to face governance squarely and deliver the gains of democracy to the people.
“We are happy that President Buhari is back, it is a welcome development
but Nigerians are hungry, they need food, they need development. We in PDP
knows what is right for Nigerians, democracy is strengthened by opposition, APC
should face governance squarely and give Nigerians democratic dividends,’’ he
said. He stressed that governors elected on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party are committed to working together with the party leadership
with a view to repositioning the party and eventually winning the 2019 national
election.
Meanwhile, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has finally spoken out about the health travails recently
suffered by President Buhari. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, described
Buhari’s return after about 103 days in London as a nation’s hope fulfilled.
Tinubu, who has been silent for a while and currently out of Nigeria, expressed
joy hours after Buhari’s arrival in Nigeria, in a statement released by his
media office.