- Governor Ayo Fayose said Presidency did not congratulate him on his 57th birthday
- Governor Fayose said President Buhari ought to have congratulated him
- The governor, however, declared that he is not the president’s enemy
Ayo Fayose, the Ekiti state governor slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for not sending him any message to congratulate him on his 57th birthday.
Fayose declared that he deserved to be sent a congratulatory message from the Presidency as “one of the governors in Nigeria and a leading opposition figure in the country.”
The Nation reports that the governor made this known on Wednesday, November 15, at the Government House, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
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According to him, ''One of his greatest wishes on his 57th birthday was to have woken up this morning to receive congratulatory message from President Muhammadu Buhari or read such message in the media.
''My wishes on my 57th birthday as Ayo Fayose are many but one of them which will interest you is that I wish President Buhari’s congratulatory call would have woken me up today as one of the governors in the country, as a father of the nation and as a leading opposition figure in the country.
''(The President ought to congratulate me as) a fearless young man who believes that things should be done rightly to show himself (Buhari) as a father of all, preaching that we must extend love to everybody not only those in his political party.
''The president would have made a difference if he had extended such gesture to others beyond his political party. Such a congratulatory message should have been conveyed through his Minister of Information.
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''I would have loved to either wake up receiving a congratulatory call from him or read it in the papers. But since it is not coming, it is not a big deal to me and I take no offence on it.
''I am not Buhari’s enemy; opposition is the strength of democracy, it ensures that the electorates get value for their votes. Those who criticize your government are not your enemies, they are catalysts to your growth as a government.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Governor Fayose had lash out at the Nasir El-Rufai, the Kaduna governor and the All Progressives Congress saying he and the party were out to sack workers.
In response, Governor El-Rufai explained that the goal was not to sack workers but to replace unqualified teachers with better ones.
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Source: Naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Thursday 16 November 2017