Abdullaziz Yari, chairman of the
Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), says Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, “is on
his own”.
On Friday, Fayose said he was not
part of the governors who approved the withdrawal of $1 billion from the excess
crude account (ECA) to fight Boko Haram.
The governor alleged that the sum
was withdrawn in preparation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection bid in
2019.
But in a statement on Saturday,
Yari said the decision of the governors to approve the withdrawal of the sum
was a “collective one”.
He said Buhari would never divert
public funds for the purpose of election.
“I am saying that statement was
an unfair cut against the forum,” Yari said.
“When a decision is taken by the
forum in one’s absence, once there was a quorum at the meeting where the
decision was taken, becomes binding on all.
“I am sure Fayose was not making
the statement to undermine the forum. He was just doing his thing.”
According to him, lack of unity
between the presidency and governors in the past led to poor governance.
He said there is now a synergy,
and as such, “no one should constitute a wedge in the process”.
It read: “You can never spend too
much on security because the safety of lives and property are the most cardinal
among all the principles of governance, in any democracy.
“If governor Fayose was there at
the meeting, he would have seen the wisdom in the decision. Yes, the
administration is claiming to have decimated the insurgents out of Sambisa
forest but they are reemerging in different flashpoints across the country.
“They need to be tackled wherever
they are and the NGF decided to support the presidency just as it (the
presidency) had been supporting states with their own problems.
“Governor Fayose is on his own.
We have to protect our people and we have to do it with everything we have.
“Let me reemphasize one more
thing, Mr President is a responsible and honest leader who does not believe in
money politics and never divert public resources into it.”
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