BEVERLY HILLS, May 3, (THEWILL) – Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has stated that he will not run for any elective office again.
Fayose, speaking in Ado Ekiti while meeting with civil servants, said his main preoccupation, henceforth will be to advocate for a better Nigeria as he revealed that he will not contest a senatorial seat in the 2019 elections.
“I don’t want to contest again, not even for senatorial race in 2019,” he said.
“One thing I have learnt was that, Ekiti people don’t normally participate in some government policies where data are collated. And it used to affect us in getting extra grants or favour from the Federal Government and international agencies.
“The Federal Government is planning to renovate 1,000 health centres in Nigeria and Ekiti got only three. When I enquired, they said the data used to compile the figures didn’t favour Ekiti.
“If they are to register for polio vaccine, our people won’t make themselves available, because of nonchalant attitude.
“That is why I won’t care to declare more holidays for people to get registered. But I want to call on INEC to look into the faulty data capturing machines.
“We have had bad experiences since the commencement of the CVR programme last week and the commission must resolve all these anomalies in the interest of our people.
“I also want to note that all these problems won’t re
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