Fayose, has said he patronises drinking joints every Friday in order to get close to the ‘common man’ in the state.
The
governor said this in Abuja on Thursday while defending the concept of
“stomach infrastructure” introduced by his government.
He
told journalists that it would be wrong to assume that stomach
infrastructure meant only sharing of food and money to the people.
Fayose
said, “I also go to beer parlour on Fridays to stay with the common men
there. Governance is not church; it is about diverse characters and you
must relate with them as such.
“Christmas
is coming, why do people go out of their ways to be shopping or doing
other things if it is not just to make people merry?
“So,
I’m grooming chicken, buying rice, yams, plantain, and the rest of
them. I am sure if I give them to families during the festive period,
they will be happy. So, stomach infrastructure is a way of life.”
The
governor said that most people who committed crime did so because they
felt that life was no longer worthy of living for them and that there
was no one to tell them that there is life for them.
He
said it was because of this that he set up a department for stomach
infrastructure and also appointed a special assistant and a personal
assistant on it.
“So, my style,
without apology, is that stomach infrastructure is a way of life for me,
I will relate well with my people to alleviate poverty and hunger,” he
added.
He said that the welfare of
the people in the society mattered, hence his condemnation of spending
N3.3bn on the building of Governor’s House by his predecessor,
ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi.
“That is
not to condemn or fight anybody but I have another instance, the
University of Ado Ekiti has most of its courses yet to be accredited and
they needed about N800m to sort out those problems, will the governor
be living in affluence when the whole state is in darkness?,” he asked.
On
the face-off between him and members of the Ekiti State House of
Assembly, the governor said he was already discussing with the speaker.
He said he was sure that the leadership of the House was ready to work with him.
He
said, “I am an experienced governor and I know the game. Very soon, my
House of Assembly will be together, working to keep the ground running;
they want to work with me and I want to work with them.”
PORT
HARCOURT – A part of the Rivers state secretariat of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP was gutted by fire in the early hours of Friday.
Vanguard gathered that the timely intervention of those around saved the building from being consumed by the fire. A source said the fire was even put out before arrival of fire fighters from the state. It could not be confirmed if documents were destroyed.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Felix Obuah who spoke on the incident blamed it on those whom he alleged did not want the party ward congress slated for tomorrow to hold.
It is not clear if he referred to the opposition parties in the state or opposition within the party. The PDP has been enmeshed in internal crisis in the last four months with some of the party members calling for the dissolution of the state leadership on the ground that it is allegedly acting the script of the former Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, an allegation the party leadership had continued to deny. On his part, Wike who is also contesting for the party’s ticket for the next governorship election also dismissed the allegation as false.
Meantime, about fifteen governorship aspirants of the party Thursday called on the national leadership of the party to ensure the governorship ticket did not go to an Ikwerre man, apparently referring to Nr Wike who is from Ikwerre. According to them it would amount to injustice if another Ikwerre man succeeded governor Chibuike Amaechi who is from Ikwerre.
Some of them also accused the state leadership of the party of moving to install Wike as the party’s candidate.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Obua said the congress would still go ahead inspite of the protest and complaints
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/asornists-set-rivers-pdp-secretariat-fire/#sthash.EMki9s90.dpuf
Vanguard gathered that the timely intervention of those around saved the building from being consumed by the fire. A source said the fire was even put out before arrival of fire fighters from the state. It could not be confirmed if documents were destroyed.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Felix Obuah who spoke on the incident blamed it on those whom he alleged did not want the party ward congress slated for tomorrow to hold.
It is not clear if he referred to the opposition parties in the state or opposition within the party. The PDP has been enmeshed in internal crisis in the last four months with some of the party members calling for the dissolution of the state leadership on the ground that it is allegedly acting the script of the former Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, an allegation the party leadership had continued to deny. On his part, Wike who is also contesting for the party’s ticket for the next governorship election also dismissed the allegation as false.
Meantime, about fifteen governorship aspirants of the party Thursday called on the national leadership of the party to ensure the governorship ticket did not go to an Ikwerre man, apparently referring to Nr Wike who is from Ikwerre. According to them it would amount to injustice if another Ikwerre man succeeded governor Chibuike Amaechi who is from Ikwerre.
Some of them also accused the state leadership of the party of moving to install Wike as the party’s candidate.
The state Chairman of the party, Mr Obua said the congress would still go ahead inspite of the protest and complaints
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/asornists-set-rivers-pdp-secretariat-fire/#sthash.EMki9s90.dpuf
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