While speaking on Sunday, May 13, during a political talk show on
Channels Television titled “Sunday Politics”, the Minister of Mines and
Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi, said he will resign as a minister in
the next two weeks.
Fayemi who emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Governorship primary in Ekiti State, with 941 votes of the 2313 valid
votes cast at the elections on Saturday, May 12.
“I am going to resign my appointment as minister in the next two weeks”, the Minister told Seun Okinbaloye.
Speaking on the outcome of the Ekiti APC Governorship Primary, Fayemi said: “What we had yesterday was very clean, very open”, Fayemi said.
“Nobody can challenge the effort of Gov Al-Makura committee. I
am not an accidental candidate. The delegates know me. I didn’t have to
give money to delegates; I was able to convince them on what I have
consistently done”, he opined.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State Governorship election is slated for July
14, 2018. APC and PDP are the top political parties participating in
the election.