Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti State and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF); Bishop Mathew Kukah, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto; and other Nigerians have given a downbeat assessment on the country’s condition, saying the country is in the slump and Nigerians are extremely angry now than ever before.
Kukah and other Nigerians had been accused of creating division in the country by the Director-General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Issa Aremu, who described the priest as a divisive character. Kukah, on the other hand, responded that the state, and not the Nigerians, had caused the division.
Fayemi stated, “The Nigeria state is not in its most healthy state, there is no debate about that and regardless of political affiliation, ethic considerations and economic opportunity available to individuals our country is in the doldrums.”
Nigerians can speak about unity, national integration, and patriotism all they want, but they can’t construct a country upon iniquity, injustice, and an absence of fairness and hope unity to thrive, said Fayemi.
On the other hand, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike stated in his speech that the only way to ensure competent leaders emerge is to guarantee free and fair elections. As a result, he praised Anambra State’s Independent National Electoral Commission for holding a legitimate election.
Wike also criticized the Federal Government’s unfair reduction of state allocations, saying he had no regrets about challenging the government over the Value Added Tax problem and the Police Trust Fund.
