Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, says \u201cthe humane nature and policies\u201d of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has endeared him to the people, while \u201chis political achievements have made him a legend.\u201d
\nShekarau, also a former Minister of Education, said the affection the governor shows to the people can be seen in the \u201cnumerous humane policies and projects Fayose is executing in the state.\u201d
\nAccording to a statement, last Saturday, by the Chief Press Secretary to Fayose, Idowu Adelusi, Shekarau spoke during a visit to Ado-Ekiti.
\nShekarau, who was taken round some projects by Fayose, said he was overwhelmed by the close relationship between Fayose and the people of Ekiti.
\nHe charged Nigerian leaders to emulate the Ekiti governor by identifying with their people and meeting their needs.
\nHis words: \u201cI am not surprised by the great performance of Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ekiti State.
\n\u201cWe were governors at the same time in 2003, though we were in different political parties, he did wonderfully well then too.
\n\u201cI am impressed by the projects being executed by the governor despite the recession in the country and the small statutory allocations coming to the state\u201d.
\nSimilarly, Deputy Governor of Gombe State, Charles Yau Ilya, said he was happy at the projects and that what he saw on ground confirmed that the Ekiti governor was a true and real friend of the common man.
\n\u201cThis is my first visit to Ekiti State and I have heard a lot about Governor Ayodele Fayose.
\n\u201cI am really happy that the governor is a living legend, whose love for the people of the state is duly reciprocated by the people who are showing their love for him too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, says \u201cthe humane nature and policies\u201d of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has endeared him to the people, while \u201chis political achievements have made him a legend.\u201d Shekarau, also a former Minister of Education, said the affection the governor shows to the people can be seen in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-front-pix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/151922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}