Buhari hid my nomination from me, says Fayemi
Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti state, has described his ministerial nomination as a surprise from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Fayemi wondered how the president was able to keep the information away from him, having spent five days together at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Describing Buhari as a “surprise master”, he said he still had no hint even though that they were together until some minutes before the president forwarded the ministerial list to the senate.
“I was not told by the president that I was going to be on his list. It came as a surprise, the president is a surprise master,” he said
“He did not tell anyone to the best of my knowledge. I would have thought that I was in vantage position to know more than others. I was with him for five days before then, I was with him in New York at the United Nation General Assembly and he never said a word about his list to me or to anyone else.
“We came back to Nigeria together, I was with him till 4:00pm on the evening he submitted the list to the President of the Senate and I didn’t have any clue of what is going to happen. So, to that extent I am pleasantly surprised.”
Honestly I cant see the logic or rationale of this story. You want to appoint a man to a senior cabinet position without informing him to find out from him whether or not he is up to the job or even want to take it? Does that make any sense? Besides, what is this hogwash about “surprise master”? Is that a new title or a badge of honour? Has “surprise” now become state policy?