Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has
questioned the rationale behind the federal government’s hiring of consultants
from Malaysia with the sum of N458 million to help Nigeria build her economic capacity.
According to him, “The federal government action is
a clear vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and
economic experts in the country.”
“It is
shameful that Nigeria, which produced the likes of African Development Bank
(ADB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina; Treasurer and Vice President of the
World Bank, Mrs. Aruma
Otteh; Independent Non-Executive Director of
Standard Chartered Plc,
United Kingdom, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Professor
of Political
Economy, Pat Utomi, among others is now paying
people from Malaysia to revive its economy.”
In a statement issued on Sunday by the Special
Assistant to the governor on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said:
“Out-sourcing consultancy for the conduct of study that would aid the implementation
of the National Economic Recovery and Growth Plan
(ERGP) is tantamount to telling Nigerians that they
all lack capacity to govern their own country.”
He asked: “How can you hire foreign consultants
that would work for 13
weeks to conduct a study on how to revive the
economy of a country like Nigeria and pay the consultant N458 million?”
“It was the
cluelessness of the Buhari’s government that made the exchange rate that was
N197 to $1 as at May 29, 2015, rise to as much as N500 to $1 before it came
down to about N370 to $1. Today, the official rate is N305 to $1.
Meanwhile, Fayose, has advocated the conduct of
primary election for the national chairmanship aspirants in the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest geopolitical zone, so as to have a
solid front in the coming national convention of the party.
He stated this yesterday night when the former
Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, visited him at the Government
House, Ado-Ekiti.
In a statement issued by the Governor's Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Idowu
Adelusi, Fayose said: "We need to get a
consensus candidate from our zone to clinch the post. We should not go to the
convention a divided house.
“I see nothing bad if we get all the delegates from
the Southwest to
vote in a shadow election for their preferred
candidate. Then whoever emerges would be supported by all during the
convention.
"If we propose that and majority of the
aspirants agree, whoever does not agree would be seen as having no follower at
all. I can't work against you or your interest. We have too many aspirants from
our zone and it is not only us that will decide who becomes the national chairman
of our party, it will be decided by every member from across the country.
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