I’m Not Buhari’s Enemy, I Wish He Greeted Me On My Birthday – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said he wished President Muhammadu Buhari sent him a congratulatory message on his 57th birthday.

Fayose, who is an ardent critic of the All progressives Congress led administration, said that he would have loved to wake up to a message from the president or read such message in the media.

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According to him, he expected the president as the father of the nation to call him first as a governor and a leading opposition figure.

Speaking to journalists at the Government’s House in Ado-Ekiti, the governor said, “My wishes on my 57th birthday as Ayo Fayose are many but one of them which will interest you is that I wish ‎President Buhari’s congratulatory call would have woken me up today as one of the governors in the country and as a leading ‎opposition figure in the country: a fearless young man who believes that things should be done rightly.

“I expect the president to show himself as a father of all, preaching that we must extend love to everybody – not only those in his political party.

“The president would have made a difference if he had extended such gesture to others beyond his political party. Such a congratulatory message should have been conveyed through his Minister of Information (Lai Muhammad). I would have loved to either wake up receiving a congratulatory call from him or read it in the papers. But since it is not coming, it is not a big deal to me and I take no offence on it.

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“I am not Buhari’s enemy. Opposition is the strength of democracy, it ensures that the electorate get value for their votes. Those who criticise your government are not your enemies, they are catalysts to your growth as a government.”

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