Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has submitted that his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, have failed to fulfil all their campaign promises to Nigerians.
The Governor stated that despite the fact that some of the challenges facing the country preceded Buhari’s administration, elected officeholders should assume responsibility for not delivering on campaign promises to the citizens.
Fayemi in an interview with Channels Television said, “I’m not going to shy away from the expectations people had before we came to office. I was a leading player in the campaign that brought my principal (Buhari) to power.
“We promised Nigerians quite a number of things, particularly centring on security, anti-corruption, and on economic growth. Have we been able to attain all of what we promised? Obviously not.”
President Buhari’s campaign focused on tackling insecurity, fight against corruption and pursuit of economic development. But the Nigerian economy has slipped into recession twice on his watch in the last six years, while banditry and school kidnapping have become commonplace.
Bandits have held sway majorly in the Northern region, leading to the abduction of students in Dapchi, Yobe State, Kankara in Katsina State among other recent abductions which continue to elicit national and international condemnation.