Peter Ayodele Fayose, swashbuckling governor of
Ekiti State, has said that the need to be closer to the common man in the state
was the reasons he goes to beer parlour every Friday.
Fayose disclosed this in Abuja while defending the
concept of ‘Stomach infrastructure’ introduced by his two weeks administration
in the state.
“I also go to beer parlour on Friday to stay with
the common men there. Governance is not church; it is about diverse
characters and you must relate with them as such. Christmas is coming. Why do
people go out of their ways to be shopping or doing other things if it is not
just to make people merry? So, I’m grooming chicken, buying rice, yams,
plantain, and the rest of them. I am sure if I give it to families during the
festive period, they will be happy. So, stomach infrastructure is a way of
life,” the governor said.
Fayose said most people, who commit crime do so
because they felt that life was no longer worthy of living for them and that
there was no one to tell them that there was life for them. He said it was
because of this that he set up a department for stomach infrastructure and also
appointed a special assistant and a personal assistant on it.
“So, my style without apology is that stomach
infrastructure is a way of life for me, I will relate well with my people to
alleviate poverty and hunger,” he added.
Words by FUNSHO AROGUNDADE
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