'CORRUPT PERSONS SHOULD NOT APPOINTED OR ELECTED'- FAYEMI

The Former Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has
advised Nigerians to do away with people with
questionable background.
Fayemi said this at the maiden symposium of the
Advanced Media and Communications Academy held in
honour of Yemi Farounbi and Ayoola Olukanni at the
University of Ibadan on Wednesday.
In his speech, ‘Our New Nigeria: The role of
professionals in government’, Fayemi said technocrats
and professionals must be allowed to handle
government affairs at all levels in Nigeria.
He was represented at the event by the Director of
Publicity, All Progressives Congress (South West), Dr.
Ayo Afolabi
Fayemi, who admitted that among the politicians, there
were qualified persons who did not make noise about
their professional background, said “We must
denounce many of those whose rise to the limelight
was aided by corruption and deception, those
intelligent rogues who profit from the misery of others.
“We must rekindle the patriotic spirit that favours the
common good over personal interest in every area of
our national life, so that finally, government can deliver
on its promises of tangible and intangible goods.
“We must be reminded that certificates are awarded to
those who are considered worthy in character and
learning. We must start putting round pegs in round
holes, and entrench meritocracy which enlists true
professionals in every area of our national life, from the
artisans to the public service to the private sector, even
to the sanctums of faith.”
Fayemi rued how many in public service were retired
because of quest for ethnic balancing and ‘sectional
arithmetic’.
“In the process, we have sustained huge losses of
trained manpower, repositories of institutional wisdom
and experience who should otherwise be serving as
mentors to incoming generations”, he lamented.

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