greiboy:
He doesn't have the resources of a state like Lagos at his disposal

omohayek:
While I have to give Fayose some credit this time for acknowledging the obvious, namely that Tinubu has promoted the political careers of many talented and ambitious people like Fashola and Ambode, I also have to side with those who are asking what exactly Fayose himself has done to lift up the state he governs.

The excuse about Lagos having more money to work with is pure b.s., as Ekiti under Fayose currently employs more public sector workers than the whole of the old Western Region under Awolowo, who never had Lagos revenues or a federal allocation to work with. Besides, how does budgetary constraint stop Fayose from taking the kinds of measures Fayemi tried in order to improve the quality of primary and secondary education? After all, as Bill Gates pointed out recently, human capital is even more important than the physical kind being built in Lagos.

The sad truth is that the biggest obstacle to Fayose doing anything worthwhile in Ekiti is Fayose himself; the man is clearly content with the mediocre status quo under which he doles out the odd bit of spare change in publicity stunts but leaves the state's bloated public sector untouched, even as he steadily siphons off parts of the state budget to pay for his children to live flashy lifestyles abroad.

Wantedmiller:
so fayose you know exactly what growth and development means but you refuse giving it to Ekiti State. Only God will pay you all

adesamix:
oldest governor but list state, ekiti state was born 1996, lagos former capital city of nigeria

toxblue2411:
ambode was opportune to be in Lagos assuming he was in ekiti...he will b one of d worst governor...if a gov like fayose handled Lagos it will be far more developed than it was now

greiboy:

I don't support any political party in Nigeria because majority of them, if not all, have a very similar ideology, which is to steal state resources as much as possible

Thus, even if Fayose is as terrible as you allegedly claim, I don't think most governors are performing any better than him.

toxblue2411:
ambode was opportune to be in Lagos assuming he was in ekiti...he will b one of d worst governor...if a gov like fayose handled Lagos it will be far more developed than it was now

toxblue2411:
you should be comparing Lagos State with rives, Kano, that receives heavy allocation....dnt ever compare Lagos with ekiti again

toxblue2411:
you should be comparing Lagos State with rives, Kano, that receives heavy allocation....dnt ever compare Lagos with ekiti again

Proudlyngwa:
I just want to know if he managed to somehow look for a loophole or any slight avenue whatsoever to blame Buhari.

Simbrixton:


Dey should focus more on yoruba people, developing people is better than infrastructure and the answer is to make education cheaper and quicker and also reducing importation in yoruba land and increasing farming protectionist policies would go a long way to helping the average yoruba

deomelllo:



Sadly for you, many states in Nigeria are in that category and they are doing way way better than Ekiti.

samijay8:
He gives rice now

Klassdann:


So it is fair to equate money to boldness and leadership qualities?

deji17:


Whom are you bowing to in your red mud states and potopoto republic?

Afamed:

Stop supporting mediocrity, what has Fayose done to improve the IGR of Ekiti since he came to power. If he doesn't have resources and he can't think out of the box , then he has no business been the Chief Administrator of the state. Ebonyi state is a case study, from the little allocation and meagre resources, the Ebonyi state government is doing far better than the Ekiti government. Fayose is simply a show man. A Gov close to 4yrs now, he only waits to get Federal allocation before any salary could be paid in Ekiti. Avail yourself, go to Ebonyi state on or before 27th/28th of every month, their salary is rest assured. Fayose simply has no business in government in an ideal environment.

deomelllo:




Sad, but very true.

deomelllo:



You don't need resources to lead, he can lead in so many other way from ideas and even creative ideas in his own state to generate better resources, developmental and human growth. He can not in anyway replicate Lagos's resources or potentials, but he can strive and create something in his own state.

Ekiti state is the poorest state in the SW and so far, Fayose is yet to do anything to change that status, the man spends more time shouting and barking like bingo over irrelevant issues that don't concern him or his own Ekiti people than addressing the social and economic issues in his own state. He's best economic performance remains winning his people up on the side of the road to feed them a tin of rice and N200 instead of drumming up job-creating and IGR boosting investments, trade or investors summit like the other states in the SW.

The man goalless and aimless.

toxblue2411:
did you knows anything about economics growth... ekiti state was surrounded by enemies apc state who are not ready to help... did ekiti state as d hectares of land and money to invest heavily on agriculture with advanced equipments....how will ekiti state attract investors when d whole southwest states are in d dark...federal government is d number one enemy of ekiti state what did you want fayose to do

sammytovic:
.May I know, have you been to ekiti before? your comments are trash.

WinningSun:


is it the ebonyi have lived in or the one reported on nairaland by Philip Nweze

sammytovic:
.Fear God na, I am from Ekiti State and Fayose is the modern architecture of Ekiti. He is really trying his best.