Reasons Governors Tell Lies—Kayode Fayemi

<p><em>Reasons governors speak half truth in public has been revealed<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>can report that many reasons governors tell lies and citizens do not hear the truth about governance has been revealed by a leading figure in the Nigeria’s governance circle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Over the years&comma; Nigeria has been the butt of gossip at both local and international circles over their leaders’ penchant for half truths&comma; resulting into under development and apparent lack of citizens’ trust on their leaders&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Making the revelation by no less a person than the Chairman&comma; Nigeria Governors Forum&comma; Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State&comma; the cat was finally let out of the bag on Tuesday during an interaction on Arise TV&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Fayemi stated emphatically that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Shivers would been sent into the spins of citizens” if governors reveal true situation of things to the public&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Governor Fayemi who was reacting&comma; responding and accessing the Nigerian security situation against the back drop of the recent attack on governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State&comma; expressed sadness over the degenerated insecurity in the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He noted that the body of governors had met the President and Commander in-Chief of the armed Forces&comma; President Buhari on several occasions and offered the best of advice and other practical solutions&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Ekiti governor however expressed concerns that in most instances&comma; it is difficult to get everyone on the same level of ideological parameters&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Security agents cannot disclose everything&period; As governors&comma; we don’t let the citizens know what the challenges are&period; If they know&comma; shivers will be sent into their spines and that will cause more unrest in the system&comma;” he stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Fayemi agreed that nobody&comma; including the governors&comma; is immuned against bandits’ attacks saying that the body of governor would always implement the spirit and letters of the constitution which mandate government to protect life and property&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have an unflinching optimism that Nigeria will triumph over the current state of insecurity sooner than expected&comma;” he assured&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The governor who is rumoured to be interested in the 2023 presidential race however denied such ambition saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; My present pre occupation is to offer dividends of democracy to Ekiti people&period; Thereafter&comma; we can decide on the next line of action&comma;” he stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On the current agitation for division and separation by certain individuals in the south west who have printed Oduduwa flags and currency to begin the process of Oduduwa Republic&comma; Fayemi advised against such agitations saying that Nigeria would achieve its greatness as a united country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;