Benefits of President Buhari and governor Ayodele Fayose, China trip
Nelson Ekujumi
One was glad that over the week, two representatives of legitimate authority of the Nigerian people embarked on foreign trips to China for purposes which I want to presume has to do with good governance.
However, while the trip of Mr. President was announced and drew lot of reactions because it was speculated that he was going to discuss a loan of $2 billion to finance the 2016 budget with the Chinese government, one watched events unfold because of the times in which the present administration has been at the receiving end of lies, falsehood, misinformation and propaganda from various quarters which is not unexpected in a democracy but has the tendency to ridicule us as unserious people.
While the whole world was aware of President Buhari’s trip even though there were insinuations about the purpose of the trip, that of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state was unannounced until we saw pictures of him at shopping malls, trade exhibitions and a reportage of his letter to the Chinese government not to grant the Nigerian government the loan which he assumed was the purpose of President Buhari’s trip. Can anyone imagine a government in this age and time, making statements and interventions based on insinuations? What a shame.
The action of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state to the Chinese government on an issue in which he had no facts or evidence typically exposes him for what he represents in our political history and one can only pray and wish that this storm in the political life of the Ekiti people will pass away very soon.
In as much as we want to congratulate both President Buhari and Governor Fayose for the trips to China, we are happy to note that the consequence of the President’s trip is in the region of about $6 billion investments into the Nigerian economy, while we are yet to be briefed of the benefits of Governor Fayose’s trip.
However, as the days go by, we expect to hear or read of the outcome of Governor Fayose’s trip apart from the known ones of pictures at shopping malls, trade exhibitions, flyers, brochures from his fellow participants at the trade fairs which we might assume are the benefits of his trip to China.
The days ahead has a lot in stock in exposing the embarrassment that has become of our democracy through the tantrums and theatrics of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state and to the people of Ekiti state, we say, e kun oh, meaning, kudos for the perseverance.
Thanks.
