BEVERLY HILLS, April 12, (THEWILL) – The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has again called out President Muhammadu Buhari, claiming that the ongoing dispute between the Presidency and the National Assembly confirms his position that the president is incompetent and “is challenged by age, exposure and ability”.
Fayose, who noted that it was now obvious that the President and his All Progressives Congress, APC, only wanted power desperately without the wherewithal to govern, advised Nigerians to “expect more blunders like this until they send Buhari back to Daura in 2019.”
A statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on Pubic Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, quotes him as saying: “I warned Nigerians of the consequences of electing an octogenarian as president and with the international embarrassment that this budget crisis has become, I have been vindicated.
“It is obvious that there is total disconnection between the President and his cabinet members as many of the ministers don’t even have access to him probably because the President spends most of his time resting as a result of his old age.”
The Governor continued: “The reality is that the President is challenged by age, exposure and ability. He did not read the budget proposal that he presented to the National Assembly and this should be a lesson for those who clamoured for a Buhari’s presidency that no man can give what he does not have.
“The question is; can a minister present supplementary budget to the National Assembly and can the National Assembly act on budget proposal submitted by a minister?
“It is shameful that after blaming former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for close to one year, the presidency is now blaming the National Assembly for its inability to prepare a common budget.”
While applauding the National Assembly for exposing “the lies and hypocrisy of the presidency”, Fayose charged the federal lawmakers not to succumb to blackmail and intimidation from the Presidency.
He said it was shameful that Buhari and his men could blame the National Assembly for their incompetence, adding that the manner the Presidency was going about blackmailing and intimidating other arms of government, especially the judiciary should worry lovers of democracy and good governance in the country.
The Governor, who declared that Nigeria will never again be ruled by “octogenarians”, said, “Nigerians must have now come to terms that I warned them that Buhari is too old to govern a country like Nigeria.”
