'Pres.Buhari Is A Surprise Master' - Fayemi On His Ministerial Appointment.

 

Dr Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti

state, has expressed utmost surprise at his

inclusion in President Muhammadu Buhari’s

ministerial nominees.

The former number one citizen of Ekiti state,

who as ousted by Ayodele Fayose in last

year’s gubernatorial election, said that he was

with the president on the day he submitted

the list to the Senate President, Bukola

Saraki.

Former governor of Ekiti state, Dr Kayode

Fayemi

 

Fayemi who spoke with journalists at the

national secretariat of the All Progressives

Congress (APC), said that although he was

with President Buhari till about 4:00pm on the

day the list was submitted he never had any

premonition of his imminent appointment.

“Well, to the extent that I was not told by the

President that I was going to be on his list, yes,

it came as a surprise. The President is a

surprise master, let me put it that way.

“He did not tell anyone to the best of my

knowledge and I would have thought that I was

in vantage position to know more than others. I

was with him for five days before then, I was

with him in New York at the United Nation

General Assembly and he never said a word

about his list to me nor to anyone else.

“We came back to Nigeria together, I was with

him till 4:00pm on the evening he submitted the

list to the President of the Senate and I didn’t

have any clue of what is going to happen. So, to

that extent I was pleasantly surprised,” the ex-

governor explained.

 

On what he thinks their responsibilities are as

nominees, he was quoted by The Nation to

have said: “One must thank the President for

reposing confidence in us and we thank the

party because when you look at the list, you will

see that this is a galaxy of party men and

women. These are people that have been very

active and worked hard to ensure the victory of

our party.

“And we also hold it as a duty to deliver on the

promises made to Nigerians by the party. So it

is a call to duty really, it involved a lot of work,

service and sacrifice to Nigerians.”

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in its

reaction to the list, noted that there was

nothing to celebrate about President Buhari’s

ministerial nominees.