The worst of Fayemi is better than Fayose’s best – Former Ekiti Speaker

Former factional Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Dele Olugbemi has warned Governor Ayo Fayose against “adopting use and dump tactics” as one of his styles as a politician.

Olugbemi, who snubbed his appointment by Fayose as a member of the House of Assembly Service Commission (HASC) last week, lamented that Fayose did not appreciate the sacrifices he made to keep him in office as governor.

He said having worked with both former Governor Kayode Fayemi and Fayose, “the two of them are incomparable”.

“The worst of Fayemi is better than the best of Fayose,” he said.

According to him, the appointment was based on principle and to send a message that “the era of sole administratorship has become outlandish and democratic ethos must be imbibed in the running of government”.

Olugbemi spoke with reporters at the weekend on the heels of the controversy generated by his rejection of the appointment and shunning of the screening and confirmation of the nominees by the state lawmakers last week.

The ex-factional Speaker vowed to challenge what he called “any undemocratic tendency of Fayose through strong and constructive engagement”.

He listed some politicians allegedly betrayed by Fayose after benefiting from them to include former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Osun PDP governorship candidate Senator Iyiola Omisore, former Ekiti Assembly Speaker Femi Bamisile, former Ekiti PDP Secretary, Tope Aluko and House of Assembly candidate Odunayo Talabi.
The committee was chaired by Senator Clement Awoyelu with former Attorney General, Obafemi Adewale, as secretary.

Olugbemi added that he and other eminent key party chiefs were members.

Olugbemi said it was this alleged action of Fayose that prompted his decision to reject the appointment to prove that “Nigeria still has men of principles in its political space.”