The Minister of Solid
Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced his resignation from
President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.
Dr Fayami made the announcement
on Wednesday at a valedictory briefing in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory
in order to pursue his governorship ambition in Ekiti State.
He had given a hint about his
resignation from the President’s cabinet earlier in May during an interview on
Channels Television’s Politics Today.
The former minister emerged as
the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Ekiti State in
the party’s rescheduled primary election which held on May 12.
He faulted the allegation that he
was desperate to become the governor of the state for a second time.
Instead, Fayemi said he
was contesting the election because he was unable to complete his mission
in his first tenure.
“I have a sense of unfinished
business; not a sense of wanting to come back for desperate reasons. I served
as governor of the state for four years – whatever I’m doing is based on the record
that somebody could be subjected to critical scrutiny,” he had said.
Following his victory at the
primary, President Buhari congratulated Fayemi and other aspirants
who took part in the exercise.
The President was optimistic
that having won the party’s ticket, the former governor would leverage his
track record as a reformist who has a passion for education, health and
welfare, to reclaim the governorship seat when the state goes to poll on July
14.
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