Ekiti Obas expose Fayose's Government inadequacies.

By Emmanuel Adeniran, Ado Ekiti.

The Ekiti Obas in the first meeting held with Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the new Governor of Ekiti State yesterday in Ado Ekiti has been used to outrightly exposed and condemned the inadequacies of the Ayodele Fayose’s Government. The Obas tagged the Fayose’s regime as one that is insufficient and not rooted in culture and adequate knowledge about what good governance should be. They also complained bitterly on how the Governor maltreated them by treating them like Children. They however appealed to Governor Kayode Fayemi to help revisit their welfare packages that have been bastardized and shortchanged by the last administration and the payment of the leftover of the arrears of their allowances slashed to 40% leading many of them to be collecting as low as N2,000 and N4,000 respectively.

The Obas, led by their Chairman, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju, the Oloye of Oye- Ekiti said: “it was unfortunate that the custodians of the culture and tradition of the people could be treated in such a shabby and despicable manner where peanuts approved for them could not be paid while some people were living grandiose life style. They called on the Governor to be compassionate on them and return their rights and privileges that have been denied them in the last four years, urging that their plight be looked into within the ambit of available resources”.

“The Obas also used the opportunity to appreciate the Governor for the cars he bought for them five years ago which is what majority of them were still using. They however lamented that about 13 Obas who were crowned after the exercise were denied official vehicles by the Fayose government”.

“They gave kudos to Governor Fayemi for giving over 120 cars to all Ekiti Obas during his first tenure adding that it was commendable and unprecedented in the history of the State and Nigeria at large”.

Earlier, while speaking at the meeting, “Governor Fayemi solicited for the support of Ekiti Obas towards his new administration adding that the government cannot move forward without the support of the Traditional Institution”.

“The Governor assured the Ekiti Obas that his administration would complete all abandoned projects before his tenure lapses. The Governor also promised to partner with them in his drive to develop the State as all projects would be based on the needs of the people. The Governor equally used the opportunity to pledge his readiness not to compromise on the issue of security in all the communities of the State by restoring the Vigilante and strengthen all the security apparatus in the State by ensuring a better welfare for them”.

Fayemi assured “the Obas that he will complete all the projects he was not able to complete while in office during his first term as Governor. We would do our best to try and do an assessment of those projects in the shortest possible time and see how we can quickly effect its completion within available resources. We would try not to leave any project as we are ready to complete all”.

“On the road network, the Governor assured the Ekiti people that very soon, the roads leading from Ado-Ekiti to Akure and Ikare Akoko both in Ondo State would be fixed by the Federal Government. Governor Fayemi equally hinted the Obas of the plans by his administration to invest massively in Agriculture, urging the Traditional Rulers to key into the programme. He also promised to effect the release of their entitlements within the ambit of available resources in the State. The Governor promised to build a new Council Hall with Chambers and Offices for the Ekiti State Traditional Rulers where all the Traditional Rulers in the State could meet at the same time”.