Ekiti State governor, Ayodele
Fayose has described Federal Government’s announced reduction of petrol pump
price from N87 to N85 per litre as a continuation of the deceit propagated by
All Progressives Congress (APC) led government.
The governor who also challenged
the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to relocate to Sambisa in
Borno State or Yobe and move around there without heavy military security if
indeed he was sure that Boko Haram had been defeated.
Speaking through his Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor
Fayose said; “only God’s intervention can save Nigeria from the present
economic and security problems as it is glaring that the man running the
affairs of the country at the federal level does not have any answer to the
problems.”
He said; “Even the Holy Bible said
in James 1:5 that if anyone lacks wisdom, he should ask God and as it is,
Nigerians must assist the President in asking for wisdom and understanding to
tackle the country’s economic and security problems before Nigeria is further
plunged into more woes with the federal government’s decision to borrow N2.2
Trillion, which translates to N6.066 billion per day to finance the 2016
Budget.” He described the Federal Government’s announced reduction of petrol
pump price from N87 to N85 per litre as a continuation of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) government’s governance by deceit, saying; “Even secondary school
students of economics know that you cannot deregulate and regulate at the same
time.”
The governor said; “it is only in
a confused and clueless economy that government will plan to spend more when
revenue has reduced by more than 50 percent.” Governor Fayose, who maintained
that petrol will not sell below N100 per litre in 2016, added that; “Even now
that the price is N87 and subsidy is yet to be removed, Nigerians are buying at
between N130 and N300 per litre. What will now happen when they remove subsidy
and allow market forces to determine the price?”
The governor described claimed by
the Information Minister that Boko Haram insurgents had been defeated as
strange, saying; “Nigerians will only take the minister serious if he relocates
to either Sambisa in Borno State or Yobe State and stay there till the end of
March, next year without heavy military security.”
He said; “To show their level of
confusion, two days after the Minister of Information declared that Boko Haram
had been defeated, President Buhari said the government would persuade Boko
Haram to abandon their fight. One then wonders how the same Boko Haram
insurgents Lai Mohammed said were already defeated will have to be persuaded to
abandon their fight.
“Interestingly, the same Boko Haram
that Lai Mohammed said had been defeated reported attacked Kimba village in Gur
ward of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday night. “Therefore,
the Information Minister must show Nigerians how peaceful Borno and Yobe States
have become after the defeat of Boko Haram by relocating to either Sambisa,
Maiduguri or Yobe.”
Vanguard
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