Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is in trouble and that if urgent steps are not taken, the party will soon become carcass.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Fayose, a member of the PDP, said this on Monday after a private visit to President Bola Tinubu, while addressing state house correspondents at the Lagos residence of the president.
While stressing that his confidence in the leadership qualities of Tinubu goes beyond political reasons, the former Ekiti State Governor emphasised that he embarked on the visit to further encourage President Tinubu to continue to do what he is doing for Nigerians.
He expressed belief in the efforts of the current administration to turn the economy of the country around, saying: “My visit is personal, to further encourage him to continue to do what he is doing for Nigerians.
“No one is saying it is easy but there is no miracle that can turn around things overnight. From the little the president has done, we must commend him. I was one time critic of the last administration. But you cannot compare the situation now.
“So, for me, I am here, one, to take the opportunity of his homecoming to visit him and to encourage him to to do more for Nigerians”.
On why he decided to visit Tinubu when he is a member of the PDP, Fayose said: “Even while I was in office as a PDP governor, I have always believed in his leadership. I did not hide my support for him even before he became the president.
“The only thing we can do as leaders of this country today, is to continue to encourage him to lift up hands, to make the public understand how uneasy it is to lead.
“An economy that is down and today it is being stabilised; there is a difference between things changing outrightly. There is no miracle; but stabilising the economy, stabilising the currency.
“The few courageous steps the president has taken and the achievement of this administration put hope in tomorrow for all of us”.
On the crisis in the PDP and the role he has to play to ensure peace prevails, he said: “Let me first of all clear this, Ayo Fayose will not move from PDP to any political party, not APC. I am this year 65 years.
“It within the choices of those who have chosen to move. Some said they saw what the president is doing. Some said they believed that the party is in trouble, and without doubt, the PDP is in trouble. That is the gospel truth.
“I believe that if they don’t quickly take steps, the party in itself will become carcass. That is the truth. I am not in the frontline any more. I am no more the governor of a State. The little contribution I can make, I made it while I was on the seat”.