BEVERLY HILLS, January 13, (THEWILL) – Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has lauded the National Assembly for squaring up to the anti-people policies of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari in recent times.
He stated that the continued rejection of the policies of Buhari by the APC-controlled National Assembly is an indirect way of passing vote of no confidence on the President, adding that this calls for proper stock-taking by the President and his men.
Fayose expressed delight that “even the National Assembly members have now seen what he had seen since the beginning of the present APC led federal government and are now standing up in defence of the ordinary Nigerians, who are suffering as a result of bad policies of the federal government”.
This was contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, where the Governor expressed joy that the National Assembly helped Nigerians to prevent the planned data tariff increase, with the National Communications Commission, NCC, suspending the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators in deference to the Senate resolution.
The statement reads, “In the last few months, the National Assembly as an institution has come to the aid of the suffering masses of Nigeria by stopping the federal government bad policies.
“Some of such major interventions were the stoppage of the planned data tariff increase, resolution urging the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to suspend the ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders, and opposition of the planned closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for the repairs of its runway and the diversion of flights to the Kaduna airport.
“Particularly, even though elementary should know that ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders would cause loss of several thousands of jobs and further make vehicles unaffordable for ordinary Nigerians, the federal government adopted the policy without minding its adverse effects on Nigerians.
“Also, they knew that a complete shutdown of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and diversion of flights to the Kaduna airport will endanger the lives of both local and international air travellers that will have to travel by land from Kaduna to Abuja and further jeopardise the economy of the country.
“Instead of closing the Abuja airport completely, why not use the VIP section?
“It appears this government of President Buhari is just here to inflict hardships on Nigerians and I commend the National Assembly for standing firmly on the side of the masses by showing to the whole world that the president and his government no longer enjoy the confidence of the people, especially the suffering masses.”
