The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has resigned from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet to pursue the ambition of becoming governor of Ekiti state for the second time.
Fayemi had lost to the incumbent governor of the state, ayo Fayose, who is solidly behid his deputy Prof. Kolapo Olusola who is flying the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party in the July election.
Fayami announced his regnation on Wednesday at a valedictory briefing in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory
The former minister emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Ekiti State in the party’s rescheduled primary election which held on May 12.
He faulted the allegation that he was desperate to become the governor of the state for a second time.able to complete his mission in his first tenure.
“I have a sense of unfinished business; not a sense of wanting to come back for desperate reasons. I served as governor of the state for four years – whatever I’m doing is based on the record that somebody could be subjected to critical scrutiny,” he had said.
Following his victory at the primary, President Buhari congratulated Fayemi and other aspirants who took part in the exercise.
The President was optimistic that having won the party’s ticket, the former governor would leverage his track record as a reformist who has a passion for education, health and welfare, to reclaim the governorship seat when the state goes to poll on July 14.
He, had, however, asked members of the APC in Ekiti to uphold the values and philosophy of the ruling party by coming together to support the former minister.
Meanwhile, the present state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the former governor to “expect to suffer worse defeat compared to that of 2014”, when they both vie for the Ekiti governorship seat.
Fayose was happy that the APC picked a candidate whom he claimed the Ekiti people would gladly vote against.
