Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti governor and presidential hopeful, says
he is one of the few Nigerians with experience on conflict resolution.
Femi Ige, spokesman of the Fayemi campaign organisation,
quoted the hopeful as saying this when he met with All Progressives Congress
(APC) delegates in Kaduna on Thursday.
The governor said he consulted for the administration of
former President Olusegun Obasanjo when it was seeking to stop the wars in
Sierra Leone and Liberia.
“I’m one of the few Nigerians with real time experience in
resolving wars,” he said.
“I consulted for Nigeria under President Olusegun Obasanjo,
I was involved in the resolution of the wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda
and bringing the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka to the negotiation table.
“Besides that real time experience in war resolution , I
have a Doctorate Degree in War Studies. If I can bring peace to other lands,
why not my own country. Nigeria is facing a war situation that we can’t afford
to put a neophyte in power, the repercussions are too ghastly to contemplate.
“I will spare no effort to ensure that we win the fight that
must be fought with tenacity against insecurity, banditry, unemployment,
poverty, inequality, threats of national disintegration, and lawlessness.
“To this end, working with other key leaders of the party, a
detailed blueprint that has been developed with corresponding timelines of
implementation will be employed to guide the speedy and accelerated retooling
of key institutions of state, including the armed forces, the police service
and the civil service.”
Fayemi said he is committed to creating wealth and
employment for Nigerians if elected president.
“I am especially committed to the facilitation of wealth and
employment creation by and for our people, the expansion of our national social
security and skills acquisition policies to enhance human development, the
wholesale revamp of our national educational system to ensure it is fit for
purpose, and the intensive fostering of measures aimed at expanding inclusivity
for those who are objectively marginalized in the polity,” he said.
“We owe it to ourselves and our people to ensure that our
women, the youth, and people living with disability who represent some of our
greatest national assets are judiciously developed.”
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