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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Buhari didn’t tell me about my nomination – Fayemi

A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has described his ministerial nomination as a pleasant surprise.

Fayemi is one of the 21 nominees currently awaiting Senate screening and confirmation.

He spoke to reporters at the National Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Tuesday.

Fayemi explained that notwithstanding his closeness to President Muhammadu Buhari, the President never gave him a hint about his plans on the issue.

The former governor served as the Director of Research and Strategy in the Buhari 2015 Campaign Organisation.

Fayemi said, “Well, to the extent that I was not told by the President that I was going to be on his list; yes, it came as a surprise. The president is a surprise master; let me put it that way.

“He did not tell anyone to the best of my knowledge and I would have thought that I was in a vantage position to know more than others. I was with him for five days before then.

“I was with him in New York at the United Nations General Assembly, and he never uttered a word about his list to me nor to anyone else.

“We came back to Nigeria together, I was with him up till 4pm on the evening he submitted the list to the President of the Senate and I didn’t have any clue as to what was going to happen. So, to that extent, I was pleasantly surprised.”  

Fayemi noted that the ministerial-nominees were active party members, who worked hard to ensure the emergence of the All Progressives Congress at the centre.

He added, “One must thank the President for reposing confidence in us and we thank the party because when you look at the list, you see that this is a galaxy of party men and women, people who have really been active, who have worked so hard to ensure the victory of our party.

“And we also owe it as a duty to deliver on the promises made to Nigerians by the party, so it is a call to duty really; it involved a lot of work, service and sacrifice of Nigerians.”

He noted that leaders and members of the party at all levels were happy about the nominations made so far. 

Speaking in a similar vein, the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the APC, Segun Oni, said the President had proved to all that he is not only a statesman but also a loyal party man.

Oni said this in an interview in Abuja.

According to him, the nominees were people who were respected within the party and had contributed their quota towards national development in their chosen fields.

He said, “The President is a party member and his thinking is always along with the party and he has always been saying so.

“You will know that the President, on his own, knows the party and he wants to involve the party as much as possible and he has done that. No one can complain now because you will see that the leaders that we will want to see are there and we are very grateful to the President.”



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