Fayose's aide to Garba Shehu: We won't let you take Nigeria back to military era

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The statement credited to the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,
Malam Garba Shehu, warning Ekiti State
Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose to stop speaking on
the running of the economy by the federal
government has been described as a
demonstration of military dictatorship mentality.
Special Assistant to the Governor on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, in a
statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said it was
sad that the presidency could be warning a Nigerian,
who is heading one of the country’s federating units on
what to say and what not to say.
Olayinka, who said he was sure that Garba Shehu must
have spoken for himself, and not President Mohammadu
Buhari, added that "Governor Fayose will continue to say
the truth in the interest Nigeria and its people because
the Governor is not one of those that will go
underground because of political persecution."
He maintained that the country’s economy was in
serious recession, adding that; “the president himself
attested to this when he said that the country was broke
and this has also been corroborated by the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group financial
report, indicating that the corporation incurred a total
loss of N120.07bn in the months of August and
September. "JP Morgan is also removing Nigeria from
its Emerging Market Bond Index, a move analysts say
would have far reaching implications for the country’s
dwindling economy as investors could move their funds
to competing countries, resulting in higher lending rates.
“It is therefore a sad reminder of the military era that in
a democracy, under a federation in which all federating
units enjoy some degree of autonomy, the Presidency is
warning a State Governor on what to say and what not
to say. “Top functionaries of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), including State Governors criticised the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government of Dr
Goodluck Jonathan, the Presidency did not go about
warning them.
“Certainly, these people working with the President need
to be purged of Acquired Immune Military Dictatorship
Syndrome (AIMDS), even as they must be told that
Governor Fayose won’t stop speaking his mind and
exposing their hypocrisy in the overall interest of Nigeria
and its people." Speaking further, the governor's aide
said "Nigerians are desirous of the change promised by
the APC led federal government, but as it stands, no
clear direction yet.
"Rather than engage credible Nigerians to help in the
revive of the ailing economy, what we have seen from
the APC Presidency is appointment of their cronies and
political robbers as well as harassment of perceived
political opponents with anti corruption agencies and
men of the Department of State Security." He said it was
not in the interest of the President for his aides to take
on Governor Fayose, adding that; "leaving issues and
attacking Fayose is like hitting ones head on the rock."