The Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has yet again taken another shot at the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, calling Nigerians to reject the party and its committee set up on restructuring the nation.
The state governor who described the committee as dead on arrival noted this in a statement released through his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi.
Fayose, the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, in the statement added that the committee constituted is nothing more than a ruse stating that there was entirely no need for the APC to constitute a committee on restructuring since Nigerians had in their large numbers irrespective of party, ethnicity, gender, political affiliation, social strata and region voted for immediate restructuring.
He added in the statement: “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.”
Fayose further added that the APC has nothing new to say on restructuring. He noted: “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.”
The statement continued: “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.”