Fayemi’s Challenge to APC, Ganduje

  POLITICAL NOTES

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, last week challenged the ruling  All Progressives Congress (APC) and  its National Chairman, Umar Ganduje, to inform President Bola Tinubu about the genuine status of Nigerians. Fayemi, who stated this at the public presentation of the book: ‘APC & Transition Politics’, authored by a former Vice-Chairman of the party in the North-west, Salihu Lukman, in Abuja, said President Tinubu truly needs the feedback to know what Nigerians are going through under his administration.

Since President Tinubu assumed power on May 29, 2023, Nigerians have faced hardship more than ever. Whether it is in area of the subsidy that was removed from petrol that has taken the price of the important commodity from N165 to about N600 or the high exchange rate, inflation, unemployment, bad roads and insecurity.

Fayemi who feels that the president is properly briefed on what Nigerians are going through daily, noted that the party should fulfill its manifesto and not be “a spectator” in policy making. He lamented that praise singers have made it difficult for those at the Presidential Villa to know the true feelings of Nigerians.

He said: “I am happy that our chairman is here. This is the party that should not be a spectator in policy making. This party should be the one to project the manifesto of the party. This party should be the one to tell Mr. President that this is the feedback from the communities and constituencies out there, not what he is hearing in the villa where he is locked up.”

All a dumbfounded Ganduje, who helplessly watched as a prominent member of the party pummelled it, could say was that the Tinubu’s government is doing everything within it powers to ensure that the suffering of Nigerians is addressed in all ramifications.