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Former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Olujimi, in this interview with AYODELE AFOLABI, assessed the internal party politics of the opposition in Ekiti, her relationship with Ayo Fayose, coupled with views on the general political landscape. On the latter, she submitted that the federal government has made major mistake in the timing of its policies, and time to own up.
At different times, we had to come to salvage the party from total oblivion. When he sees that things are better he will come back and make it look as if there were tussles. A party does not belong to one man, we are all stakeholders. No one is bigger or stronger than the other. It is just that opportunities are higher for some. If we have a proper working relationship, it will be a situation of dialogue. But what happens when he comes back, he wants to take over and overrun everybody.
The third we would have won with Governor Segun Oni, he truncated it. So, none of the two tickets he got are without my input. I might not be a noisemaker, but I had very serious inputs for him to get those tickets. In Yoruba parlance it is said, “omi la ma a te, ka to te iyanrin,” which literally translates to ‘we first step into water, before stepping on sand’.
He is always coming back but I wonder why now. What happened since the last 12 months that we have not heard from him? He has not been visible since after the 2023 elections. What is happening is because of the congress of the party ahead. He suddenly felt the need to hold the structure of the party.
Tongues are wagging about your relationship with Governor Biodun Oyebanji, who was said to be visiting you often. Can you shed light on your relationship?However, my relationship with him does not mean I am betraying my party. We were born in the same month, we celebrate our birthdays together. Whichever way we look at it, the government should have a human face. Right now there is no human face in this government. Things are rough, tough and tight. Government must think out of the box to be able to bring succour to our people. I hear of agitation for minimum wage, it is good. But what are you going to use the money to buy? Why are we not demanding a reduction in the price of petrol?If we have a price cap on transportation, people can plan how to spend their minimum wage.
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