#Ministerialscreening: Senate Screens Kayode Fayemi, Denied Buying N50m Bed In Govt. House

The Senate just finished screening Kayode Fayemi. During

his screening, the former governor answered quite a

number of questions.

Reacting to claims that he left a heavy debt burden in his

state while he was governor, Fayemi said he borrowed to

offset debts owed by his predecessor, Segun Oni and also

to develop infrastructures which he promised his people

during his election. He said the debt figures being

brandished around is false.

Reacting to a question that he spent unwarranted sums of

money to build a government house during his tenure as

governor, Fayemi said he met a 2 bedroom apartment

government house and so decided to build a befitting

government house. He said the government house was a

multipurpose house. He denied claims of buying a N50

million bed in the Ekiti state. He said there is even no

N1.5 million bed in the Ekiti government house he built.

He dared anyone to bring forward an invoice showing

that he paid N50 million for any bed in the government

house.

“I challenge anybody who claims that I bought a bed for

N50 million to prove it. Anyone one who knows me

personally knows that I am not given to frivolities. Not

even a bed of N1.5 million is there. I left everything

behind when I left. All I did was to build a befitting

government house for the state.”

Answering questions on how he will handle the education

crisis in Nigeria, Fayemi said we need to do more about

Nigeria’s teacher quality. He said much needs to be done

to make public school education attractive. He also said

we need to do more on our curriculum as well as

enrollment of students particularly in the Northern

states. He advocated for a better judicial system. He

asked that people should be prosecuted for Boko Haram

activities. He was asked to take a bow and go.