The former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has declared that the priest against fuel subsidy run by them in 2012 was all for politics.
Fayemi revealed this while giving his speech at an event held to also mark 60th birthday celebrations of Professor Udenta Udenta in Abuja on Tuesday.
The programme was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and others.
Goodluck in 2012 have announced the removal of fuel subsidy and adjusted the pump price of petrol from N65 per litre to N141.
The then decision by the federal government caused a lot of uproar and eventual protests around the country.
Part of which was clearly spearheaded by the then opposition.
According to him:
We must move from the political alternatives. I think we are almost on a dead end of that.
Adversary politics bring division and enmity.
“All political parties in the country agreed and they even put in their manifesto that subsidy must be removed. We all said the subsidy must be removed. But we in ACN at the time, in 2012, we know the truth Sir, but it is all politics.
“That is why we must ensure that everybody is a crucial stakeholder by stopping all these. Let the manifesto of PDP, APC and Labour Party, be put on the table and select all those who will pilot the programme from all parties.”
