Tag: Isaac Fayose

Popular Nigerian businessman and social media personality Isaac Fayose has criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu, accusing it of being selfish and overly desperate to retain power ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking in an interview on Saturday, Fayose—who is the brother of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose—said he was once a supporter of the Tinubu-led government but later withdrew his support after observing what he described as a troubling obsession with power. According to him, the administration has become insensitive to the suffering of ordinary Nigerians, while focusing more on political calculations than on the country’s worsening security challenges. “I used to support this government before, but when I noticed that they are selfish and desperate for a second term, and they don’t care about who is dying, I began to hate the government,” Fayose said. He further accused the ruling party of weakening the opposition through political manoeuvring, pointing to the wave of defections by governors and what he described as deliberate attempts to destabilise the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “This administration is selfish and desperate for a second term. Look at how many governors have decamped, look at what they are doing to the PDP,” he added. Fayose warned that Nigeria risks sliding into a one-party state, stressing that opposition is essential to democracy. “The beauty of democracy is the opposition. When you kill opposition just for your own gain, that is selfishness,” he said, adding that governance driven by personal ambition cannot truly serve the interests of the people.

Isaac Fayose, brother of former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose, has voiced strong disappointment over the state of Nigeria’s democracy, describing the opposition as weak and ineffective. In a video shared on X, Fayose criticised what he called the collapse of the country’s political and electoral systems, arguing that genuine democratic competition no longer exists. According to him, emerging political platforms stand little chance of success, insisting that leadership outcomes are now determined by selection rather than popular vote. “ADC is dead on arrival. Peter Obi can never be president. Nobody can be president again unless they select you,” he said. Fayose faulted the Senate’s refusal to approve key electoral reforms, as well as what he described as the erosion of judicial independence, warning that these factors have stripped Nigerians of any meaningful opposition. “Electoral reform is gone. Even the initiatives that Jonathan started have been thrown into the dustbin. No more BVAS,” he lamented. Describing the situation as both a personal and national tragedy, Fayose said the current state of affairs reflects a generational failure. “This is the saddest day of my life. Our generation were unable to change this. We lost the country,” he stated. He also decried the deterioration of public services, including healthcare, policing, and customs operations, blaming political leadership for the widespread dysfunction. Urging Nigerians to accept the political reality, Fayose added, “We lost it. We lost Nigeria. Nigeria is gone. Just fighting is just stressing yourself at this juncture.” His comments come amid public reactions to the Senate’s passage of the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Reenactment) Amendment Bill 2026. The upper chamber declined to approve an amendment that would have made electronic transmission of election results mandatory. In response to the backlash, Senate President Godswill Akpabio clarified that lawmakers did not scrap electronic transmission entirely but only rejected making real-time transmission compulsory, leaving the provision optional under the law.