You're on your own, Fayemi tells aide over comment on age limit for presidential aspirants

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In a swift reaction to the criticism trailing the speech reportedly made by one of his Special Advisers, Mr Makinde Araoye, over the age limit for presidential aspirants in 2023, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has described the comment as the latter's personal opinion.


Mr Araoye is the Ekiti State Liaison Officer for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (in the rank of a Special Adviser) and was reported in the in the Blueprint Newspaper of March 26, 2021 edition, which is also being circulated across social media  with the headline; “No Room for Presidential Aspirant above 60 years- Fayemi”.

 

The governor in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, disowned the news credited to the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi.


Mr. Araoye, was reported to have made the statement during a National Youth Summit and Conference organised by the Nigerian Youth Congress (NYC) in Abuja on Thursday. Mr. Araoye spoke in his personal capacity at the event, hence the purported statement is at best his personal views and not representative of Governor Fayemi's position.


The governor's spokesman, in the  statement, further said; "as a matter of fact, the view is in conflict with Governor Fayemi’s well known position on political participation. He is one of the leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), that is not fixated about zoning of presidential and other elective positions.


"Dr. Fayemi is on record to have stated repeatedly and unequivocally that nobody should be discriminated against by virtue of age, where they come from, religious affiliation or cultural background. He believes the electorate, rather than any artificial impediment, should determine who gets their mandate as President, Governor or other elective positions.


"Therefore, Mr. Araoye, who at the onset of his presentation at the event clarified that he was speaking in his personal capacity, couldn’t be speaking the mind of Governor Fayemi.


The release asked members of the public are hereby urged to disregard the statement which was inadvertently credited to Governor Fayemi. Dr. Fayemi, "as a leader and public office holder, believes in fairness and equity. He is a firm believer in constitutionalism and constitutional provisions regarding elections and aspiration to public offices in the country". 


"Dr. Fayemi does not believe that age is necessarily a factor for performance in public office,  and as a leader, he comports himself in a manner befitting the office he holds and does not engage in frivolous and divisive talk."

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