Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has called
on Nigerians to reject the All Progressives
Congress’ committee on restructuring,
describing it as dead on arrival and a ruse.
In a statement released by his Chief Press
Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose, who is also
the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum,
said the APC committee on restructuring is
unneccesary since the jury is already in that
Nigerians in their large numbers, cutting
across party, regional, ethnic, social, and
religious backgrounds have overwhelming
voted for immediate restructuring of the
polity.
“This APC distraction is meant to deceive
Nigerians one more time. Nigerians must
unequivocally reject it. They have deceived
us enough and we must not allow them
deceive us again. APC and its government at
the centre have failed on all fronts and have
not delivered on their promises to the
electorate. They have lived in denial and
have spent the last two years either blaming
everyone else but themselves for their
cluelessness or repudiating their election
promises. Whereas they promised
restructuring in their party manifesto, they
have come out openly to deny this obvious
fact. So, who does not know that their so-
called committee is an ingenious attempt to
deceive and sweep the raging storm over
restructuring under the carpet? This is a
government that specialises in sweeping
serious national issues under the carpet.
The report of the presidential investigative
committee on the alleged corrupt activities
of two principal officers of the Buhari
administration has been swept under the
carpet. My protest letter to the acting
President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on this issue
has not received the speedy attention it
deserves”he said
Gov. Fayose noted that APC has nothing new
to say on restructuring, adding that
“Nigerians have spoken and have spoken
clearly and unambiguously that they want
restructuring and that they want it without
delay. Delay is dangerous. Nigerians have
said they want restructuring now; no
hanky-panky and no pulling of the wool
over our eyes”
“Rather than this time-buying committee,
the APC government should make haste to
respect the overwhelming views of
Nigerians on restructuring. The 2014
Political Conference Report is there; the APC-
government should swallow its vain pride
and revisit it. APC as a political party must
know that it is not bigger than Nigerians; it
is not even up to 5% of the population of
the country. Rather than waste resources on
a wild-goose chase, there are more pressing
needs to urgently attend to, such as the
spiralling violence all over the country,
resurging Boko Haram, an economy that
gets worse by the day, and a suffering,
hunger, and misery never-before imagined
in the land if this country must be salvaged
from the dangerous edge of the precipice”
he added.
