Why PDP popularity is waning in Ekiti — Falegan
Those supporting Igbo quit notice not fair — Ali Kano
A chieftain of the PDP in Ekiti State, Opeyemi Falegan, yesterday observed that the party is fast losing popularity in the state due to what he termed “the dictatorial tendencies of Governor Ayodele Fayose.”
He accused the Fayose-led government of alleged refusal to carry the people along to ensure delivery of desired democracy dividends.
He, however, said the situation could still be reversed before the official take-off of activities for the 2018 governorship election in the state, “if the governor could, as a matter of urgency, hearken to the voices and needs of the different communities with a view to ensuring peace and meaningful development.”
In a statement in Ado Ekiti, the chieftain said: “The one-day-onetrouble being witnessed in the state, ranging from recent disagreement between the state government and oil marketers and a stand-off between the government and Ikere community over the relocation of a shrine; among others, is at variance with conditions for meaningful development.
“The way and manner the present The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) should serve as a force in uniting Nigeria not balkanising it, a chieftain of the PDP, Alhaji Abdullahi Ali Kano, has said.
He said the endorsement of the quit notice by the Spokesperson of the NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, was uncalled for and not in the best interest of any part of the country.
Ali Kano, a member of the 2015 PDP Presidential Campaign Council, said Ango Abdullahi had spent his entire life working for the development and PDP-led administration in the state is losing its popularity as a result of selfinduced but avoidable crises calls for great concern among the true party leaders and loyalists.
“The purpose of government in power is to serve the people through mutual understanding and agreement on all issues since it is a democracy. This will at all times encourage the electorate to always have a trust in such government and the party it represents,” Falegan stated. cohesion of this country.
“As a professor, vice chancellor, governorship aspirant, presidential adviser and member of many constitutional conferences in Nigeria, he has all the qualities of a statesman.
“His endorsement of the ‘Kaduna Declaration’ is therefore not in tandem with his statesman’s stature,” Ali Kano said.
He said Nigerian youths look up to personalities like Professor Ango for inspiration, mentorship and leadership qualities.
“As a university teacher and administrator, Professor Ango has taught, mentored and guided thousands of Nigerians irrespective of their ethnic or sectional demography.
“Many of such mentees will certainly be concerned by the professor’s endorsement of the empty quit notice to Igbo by the northern groups,” he said.
The PDP chieftain appealed to all sociocultural and panregional organisations to engender the culture of unity, not disunity among Nigerians.
“What Nigeria needs is development. Our strength lies in our diversity. We must sustain it,” Ali Kano said.