COUNT ME OUT OF 2019 SENATORIAL ELECTION,SAYS FAYOSE.

The controversial Governor of Ekiti State Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has ruled out the possibility of contesting the senatorial seat in the 2019 general elections. The governor  said his main preoccupation after leaving office would be to continue to agitate for a better Nigeria.he said this in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday during a meeting with civil servants  in the state.

Fayose, who saluted the workers for their courage and perseverance in the face of economic recession culminating in unstable payment of salaries, urged them to disregard the rumour that he had received the second tranche of the Paris Club loan refund.

He explained that what the state got so far was N8.8bn, which was shared between the state and local governments, “with over 70 per cent of it expended on the payment of salaries instead of the 50 per cent agreed with the Federal Ministry of Finance.” He advised the workers to register at the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise  in the interest of Ekiti.

“I don’t want to contest again, not even for senatorial race in 2019. One thing I have learnt was that, Ekiti people don’t normally participate in some government policies where data are collated. And it used to affect us in getting extra grants or favour from the Federal Government and international agencies. 

In his words The Federal Government is planning to renovate 1,000 health centres in Nigeria and Ekiti got only three. When I enquired, they said the data used to compile the figures didn’t favour Ekiti. If they are to register for polio vaccine, our people won’t make themselves available, because of nonchalant attitude.

Fayose encouraged workers to indicate interest in the Fadama Graduate Unemployed Youth Support Programme for the training of 300 people in Ekiti that would specialise in commercial farming.He further revealed  that his government is ready to give the necessary support  to workers that showed interest in agriculture.

Photo:Gov,Ayo Fayose.(c) Bellanaija.