A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests.

Fayemi said this in his keynote address delivered at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy and Fellow, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Professor Udenta Udenta in Abuja.


The programme was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, among others.


According to him, the last time Nigeria experienced economic development was during Jonathan’s administration

Fayemi said, “Today, I read former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s interview in The Cable saying our liberal democracy is not working and we need to revisit it, and I agree with him. We must move from the political alternatives. I think we are almost on a dead end of that.

“What we need is alternative politics and my own notion of alternative politics is that you can’t have 35 per cent of the vote and take 100 per cent. It won’t work! We must look at proportional representation so that the party that is said to have won 21 per cent of the votes will have 21 per cent of the government. Adversary politics bring division and enmity.

“All political parties in the country agreed and they even put in their manifesto that subsidy must be removed. We all said subsidy must be removed. But we in ACN at the time, in 2012, we know the truth Sir, but it is all politics.

https://punchng.com/breaking-fuel-subsidy-we-played-politics-with-2012-occupy-nigeria-fayemi/?amp

Confession time

The truth cannot be hidden forever

Evil people

This is more like crying after the head is off🤓
Couldn't be bold enough to say this when it would have mattered most😎

hisexcellency34:
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests.

Fayemi said this in his keynote address delivered at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy and Fellow, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Professor Udenta Udenta in Abuja.


The programme was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, among others.


According to him, the last time Nigeria experienced economic development was during Jonathan’s administration

Fayemi said, “Today, I read former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s interview in The Cable saying our liberal democracy is not working and we need to revisit it, and I agree with him. We must move from the political alternatives. I think we are almost on a dead end of that.

“What we need is alternative politics and my own notion of alternative politics is that you can’t have 35 per cent of the vote and take 100 per cent. It won’t work! We must look at proportional representation so that the party that is said to have won 21 per cent of the votes will have 21 per cent of the government. Adversary politics bring division and enmity.

“All political parties in the country agreed and they even put in their manifesto that subsidy must be removed. We all said subsidy must be removed. But we in ACN at the time, in 2012, we know the truth Sir, but it is all politics.

https://punchng.com/breaking-fuel-subsidy-we-played-politics-with-2012-occupy-nigeria-fayemi/?amp

Fayemi one man I respect even though he failed as a governor

Keyamo is another one... U would never see them play tribal politics

Parliamentary system is the way for Nigeria to go to

Of it were parliamentary system

Tinubu would have to debate obi every week.
Obi would have chance to attack his policy face to face every week

Parliamentary system is the best way for Nigeria to grow that's the truth

Werey wasters of Nigeria
The most useless folks are those that bend the truth to suit their evil agenda

Karma must always visit!

Parliamentary system is the only system in which 25% of the votes will give you a representation in the government not presidential system.
If you lose in the presidential system you must go home unless your name is Donald Trump or Peter Obi.

Wicked people

How can a band of wicked souls who have zilch knowledge of the dynamics of fuel subsidy they called a scam or fraud but sadly ended up perpetuating the same scam for 8 years till date be telling a country they were "playing mere politics" with such a burning nation issue?

A lots of devil incarnates really full this haven of criminals called APC. Karma, providence and God Almighty will surely punish them for reducing this nation to the sorry entity it is today.

Softly de lie now wetin happen or you have forgotten some of us are car dealers.

abhosts:
Lol. Nigerians were buying brand new cars like Hyundai Elantra for ₦3.5m and believing the lies of the likes of Sahara Reporters, that things were bad under PDP. Brand new Hyundai Elantra now costs ₦28m.

As they didn't appoint him as the Minister of Foreign Affairs that he coveted, he is now unburdened and can speak the truth.

hisexcellency34:
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests.

Fayemi said this in his keynote address delivered at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy and Fellow, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Professor Udenta Udenta in Abuja.


The programme was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, among others.


According to him, the last time Nigeria experienced economic development was during Jonathan’s administration

Fayemi said, “Today, I read former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s interview in The Cable saying our liberal democracy is not working and we need to revisit it, and I agree with him. We must move from the political alternatives. I think we are almost on a dead end of that.

“What we need is alternative politics and my own notion of alternative politics is that you can’t have 35 per cent of the vote and take 100 per cent. It won’t work! We must look at proportional representation so that the party that is said to have won 21 per cent of the votes will have 21 per cent of the government. Adversary politics bring division and enmity.

“All political parties in the country agreed and they even put in their manifesto that subsidy must be removed. We all said subsidy must be removed. But we in ACN at the time, in 2012, we know the truth Sir, but it is all politics.

https://punchng.com/breaking-fuel-subsidy-we-played-politics-with-2012-occupy-nigeria-fayemi/?amp

Can you imagine?

bennybuhari:
Confession time

Yes

Those of us who never supported APC have always been right.

They're confessing! The other day it was Wale Edun that said the economy was stable last during GEJ administration and now Fayemi is saying same thing. They knew all along but decided to ruin Nigeria

TemplarLandry:

Hope you are not ashamed your party member has given the dirty politics they played then

MTNnews:
Softly de lie now wetin happen or you have forgotten some of us are car dealers.

Go to Stallion Motors in VI and ask for the price of the 2023 Hyundai Elantra with 2.0 litre engine. It is obvious that Tokunbo is your area of expertise.

Very soon they will tell you how they stole Obi's mandate

Hedonisco:
As they didn't appoint him as the Minister of Foreign Affairs that he coveted, he is now unburdened and can speak the truth.

Yes. That is how Tinubu zobeBs act

NIGERIANS ARE REAL PAWNS....I can still remember some of the Apc sycophants then that was insulting gej parents,monickers like cramjones,vexdacool and that one that movked the ijaw tribe....obiagelli. in the end they won't be immune to the effects of bad governance

They played politics with our life and they are smiling.APC the evil party

I definitely will n will also ask what year they sold same specifications for ₦3.5M like you claim n what might have triggered the over 300% increase like you claimed.

abhosts:


Go to Stallion Motors in VI and ask for the price of the 2023 Hyundai Elantra with 2.0 litre engine. It is obvious that Tokunbo is your area of expertise.

But we in ACN at the time, in 2012, we know the truth Sir, but it is all politics.

The same way there will tell you later that Obi is the better, but it is all politics.

That was when the name calling against Jonathan started. No name they didn't call him.

All types of names. Even had his convoy attacked in the North. The people who called GEJ all types of unprintable names. Abused him. Abused him family are the ones getting angry over online comments..

Miracle no dey tire Jesus.

Bizibi:
NIGERIANS ARE REAL PAWNS....I can still remember some of the Apc sycophants then that was insulting gej parents,monickers like cramjones,vexdacool and that one that movked the ijaw tribe....obiagelli. in the end they won't be immune to the effects of bad governance

Yes. They will partake in the bad economy

this thread is so short because it speaks the truth.. the usual commenter didnt comment because they want it get to front page....make we continue dey lie to ourselves

Maybe you mean Fayose failed

Omowale2023:

Can you imagine?