Allow me nominate worthy and competent professional as your minister, Fayose begs Buhari

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to grant him the privilege to nominate a candidate to fill the slot of the state in the Federal Executive Council.

Mr. Fayose, who made the request in a letter to the President dated May 31, 2015, said if the request was granted by the President, he would send a worthy and competent Ekiti professional for appointment in the federal executive council.

In the letter confirmed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor noted, “Should the request be favourably disposed to, I shall be happy to nominate a worthy and competent professional who can always oblige your excellency and your cabinet the benefit of a second opinion in the serious business of governance.”

Capital market operators urge FG to appoint professional as Oteh's replacement

Some capital market operators have urged the Federal Government to appoint a seasoned stock market operator as a replacement to Ms Arunma Oteh, as the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

According to them, the appointment of an experienced capital market operator would facilitate sustained wooing of local investors into the market.

Fayose is a professional hooligan -Ekiti Speaker

Embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, has told his colleagues at the Lagos State House of Assembly that the governor of his state, Ayo Fayose, has not learnt any lessons from his fall and eventual impeachment as governor during his uncompleted first term in 2006.

He said, instead, Fayose had experience in hooliganism and that this was what he exhibited when he sponsored seven members of the House to impeach him, the Deputy Speaker, and other principal officers of the House recently.