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But today, JKF was genial and said life outside the Ekiti government house ‘’has been very peaceful.’’ He was quick to point out that he had been very busy. Since leaving office as governor, he has been appointed as the inaugural President of the Forum of the Regions of Africa , a platform for subnational entities in Africa that seeks a broader distribution of power that favours regional and local governments.
Fayemi is modest. He should get some credit for the lack of political tension and rancour in Ekiti State. Because, apart from his warm relationship with his successor, he also has a good rapport with Ayo Fayose, his predecessor and political rival. He is perhaps the only former Nigerian governor who maintains this sort of relationship with both his immediate successor and predecessor. That must be a marker of his character and his live-and-let-live outlook on life.
However, since he stepped down for Bola Tinubu during the presidential race and left office as governor, Fayemi has been unusually quiet, except for the occasional press statements from his media team. It would appear that since 2007, this is the first time that he has not been active in Nigerian politics, leading the FORAF and teaching at King’s College. Has he quit active politics? ‘’The short answer is no,’’ he said. “I am still an active member of the All Progressives Congress.
His proposition makes sense, but on the surface, it appears to fit into the thinking of some of Africa’s intellectuals to blame outsiders or external forces for the continent’s woes while neglecting the ‘internal’ issues around capacity, institutional weakness, as well as the lack of transparency and corruption of government.
Fayemi explained that the two issues can go together; that in the new world, Africa cannot avoid collaboration with other countries, but it must do so on its terms, and not as a subservient or junior partner, despite its problems.
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