Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has said he visited President Bola Tinubu at his Lagos residence on Monday, to encourage him.
Fayose revealed this while addressing reporters after the
meeting.
According to him, he was a staunch critic of the previous
administration under Muhammadu Buhari.
But Fayose insists that he always believed in Tinubu’s
leadership even while he was a governor elected under the platform of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“I was once a critic of the last administration but you
can’t compare the situation now,” Fayose said.
“For me, I’m here to visit him for his homecoming, and
encourage him to do more.
“I have always believed in President Tinubu’s leadership
even when I was a PDP Governor.
“Even while I was off in office as a PDP governor, sitting
governor, I’ve always believed in his leadership and I did not hide my support
for him even before he became the president,” he said.
“And the only thing we can do as leaders of this country
today is to continue to encourage him to lift up his hands, to make the public
understand how uneasy it is to lead an economy that is down and today is being
stabilised.”
He said the president’s decisions give hope to Nigerians.
“You see, there’s a difference between things changing
outrightly, there’s no miracle, but stabilising the economy, stabilising the
currency and few courageous steps the president has taken, and the achievement
of his administration put hopes into tomorrow for all of us,” he said.
On recent defections from the PDP to the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Fayose dismissed any speculation about him leaving the party.
“Well, let me first of all clear this. Ayo Fayose will not
move from PDP to any political party, not even APC. I am this year 65 years. It
is within the choices of those who are choosing to move,” he said.
“Some say they saw what the president is doing. Some said they believe that the party is in trouble.”
He admitted that the PDP is facing a crisis.
“And without doubt, the PDP is in trouble. And that’s the
gospel truth. And I believe that if they don’t quickly, quickly take steps, the
party in itself will become carcass,” he said.
Asked if he is putting in any effort to rescue the PDP,
Fayose said he is no longer playing a frontline role.
“I’m not in the front line anymore. I am no more the
governor of a state, the little contribution I can make, I made it while I was
on the seat,” he said.
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