Fayose calls on PMB to devalue naira

Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, on Sunday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to devalue the naira, even as he said he holds the President accountable for the current economic miseries in the country.

The governor, known for his strident criticism of the President, said he has been the target of the administration of President Buhari because of his persistent criticism of his policies.

Fayose, stated this while talking with journalists in Lagos, that, it is this realization that made him to be careful in his dealings in office.

The governor also said he had started the construction of a flyover in Ado/Ikere Road for N5.7bn and invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to be part of the project from the beginning.

He said: “I have started the construction of a flyover in Ado/Ikere Road for N5.7bn. I have also invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to be part of it, because I know I am a target of the current administration.

“You may not like my face or my style. But take the message and leave the messenger. If they have anything against me, they would have published it I know. I prepare for my defence. I am fully prepared.

 “Criticising the President should not make me an enemy. We will sue the government. We learnt this from Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He is always in court either by proxy or direct. You cannot keep arresting my principal officers and members of my state House of Assembly.”

Fayose also called on President Buhari to devalue the naira without further postponement, maintaining that the President is to be blamed for the current economic woes in the country.

“The All Progressives Congress, APC, deceived us. They manipulated us. I blame the current economic woes in Nigeria on the President. No matter the past economic situation of a country, a good manager would have been able to normalise the situation. The way things are going in Nigeria, the economy may shut down soon,” he said.