#Ministerialscreening: Senate Screens Kayode Fayemi, He Denied Buying N50m Bed In Govt. House

The Senate just finished screening

Kayode Fayemi. During his screening,

the former governor answered quite a

number of questions.

Reacting to claims that he left a heavy

debt burden in his state while he was

governor, Fayemi said he borrowed to

offset debts owed by his predecessor,

Segun Oni and also to develop

infrastructures which he promised his

people during his election. He said the

debt figures being brandished around is

false.

Reacting to a question that he spent

unwarranted sums of money to build a

government house during his tenure as

governor, Fayemi said he met a 2

bedroom apartment government house

and so decided to build a befitting

government house. He said the

government house was a multipurpose

house. He denied claims of buying a N50

million bed in the Ekiti state. He said

there is even no N1.5 million bed in the

Ekiti government house he built. He

dared anyone to bring forward an invoice

showing that he paid N50 million for any

bed in the government house.

“I challenge anybody who claims that I

bought a bed for N50 million to prove

it. Anyone one who knows me

personally knows that I am not given to

frivolities. Not even a bed of N1.5

million is there. I left everything behind

when I left. All I did was to build a

befitting government house for the

state.”

Answering questions on how he will

handle the education crisis in Nigeria,

Fayemi said we need to do more about

Nigeria’s teacher quality. He said much

needs to be done to make public school

education attractive. He also said we

need to do more on our curriculum as

well as enrollment of students particularly

in the Northern states. He advocated for a

better judicial system. He asked that

people should be prosecuted for Boko

Haram activities. He was asked to take a

bow and go.