Ekiti State All
Progressives Congress, APC, has criticised Governor Ayo Fayose for his
action against Zenith Bank saying that it would bring unemployment in
the state.
The party said such an action constitutes a threat to the economic survival of the south western state.
It described the governor’s action as “a
wrong signal to the investing community and a recipe for job losses
among workers in the bank, majority of who are Ekiti indigenes.”
Fayose, last week, severed business
relationships with Zenith Bank by ordering Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs), non-ministerial agencies, government-owned tertiary
institutions and workers to move their accounts from the bank within 48
hours.
The action is believed to be in
retaliation for the freezing of his personal bank accounts in Zenith,
and the bank’s denial of sponsoring his campaign in the 2014
governorship election.
The APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo
Olatunbosun, in a statement yesterday said it was wrong for Fayose to
drag government agencies into his private affairs, which have no bearing
with state matters.
He said a similar action had forced a sister bank to close its operations in the state.
The party spokesman noted that Ekiti was
seriously economically challenged and cannot afford a confrontation
with banks and other investors at this critical period.
Olatunbosun berated the governor for tying his personal fate to the fate of 2.5 million citizens.
Olatunbosun said: “Governor Fayose has
personalised Ekiti State to the extent that whoever offends him offends
the state and her people, which is dangerous to the economic survival of
both the state and her people.
“Last time, he ordered all government’s
agencies and workers to move their accounts from Ecobank simply because
the bank refused to surrender the cash for its Community Social
Responsibility projects to the governor when the bank insisted that it
would carry out the projects like is the practice in other states of the
federation.
“For this reason, the governor took
offence, destroyed the culvert at the entrance of the bank and ordered
government offices and workers to move their accounts from the bank,
thereby forcing the bank’s closure in the state with Ekiti indigenes
working in the bank losing their jobs.
“This time, because Zenith Bank washed
its hands off election sponsorship fraud through which Fayose assumed
power; he is fighting back by severing relationship with the bank by
ordering all government offices and workers to move their accounts from
the bank.
“As expected, Zenith Bank will close
shop with attendant job losses among Ekiti indigenes working there,
including sending wrong signals to the investing community that Ekiti is
under a siege of a reckless and maximum governor that promotes
anti-investment policies.”
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