Ekiti State Governor Kayode
Fayemi has urged the Federal Government to address defects in the Nigerian
federation at the National Conference.
The governor spoke in Ado-Ekiti
yesterday while inaugurating the state’s delegation to the conference.
The delegates are Chief Oladeji
Fasuan, Prof. Akin Oyebode, Dr. Kunle Olajide, Prof. Olabisi Aina, Oba Adamo
Babalola and Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev. Felix Femi Ajakaye.
Fayemi urged the Federal
Government to provide legal support for the confab to enable it have desirable
results.
He urged the delegates to be
focused and justify the confidence reposed in them.
Fayemi said the state government
plans to organise “a mini conference” to enable the delegates interact with
people at the grassroots and get their input for the national conference.
He said: “This confab is an
opportunity to restructure Nigeria in a way that will bring equity and justice
to all Nigerians. It is critical to the existence of a country like Nigeria
that is bedeviled by multifarious challenges.”
On the selection of the
delegates, Fayemi said: “It was not easy to come up with the eventual
selection. You can imagine what I went through to arrive at these eminent
indigenes among thousands of qualified people.
“The delegates were chosen based
on their comportment, attainments in life and their integrity. They are people
who have contributed to the state’s development.
“Chief Fasuan, who will be
leading the delegates, played a major role in the creation of Ekiti. I have no
doubt that they will do us proud.”Fasuan, who responded on behalf of the
delegates, described their choice as a “call by history and a challenge by
history”.
The delegates pledged to
represent the state well.
