Ebun Francis|
Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, on Wednesday announced his resignation from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.
The minister who is contesting the Ekiti governorship election scheduled for this year made his decision known at a valedictory briefing in Abuja.
In announcing his decision, Fayemi faulted the allegation that he was desperate to become the governor of the state for a second time, insisting he is in the race because he was unable to complete his mission in his first tenure.
He said, “I have a sense of unfinished business; not a sense of wanting to come back for desperate reasons. I served as governor of the state for four years – whatever I’m doing is based on the record that somebody could be subjected to critical scrutiny.”
Dr. Fayemi emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Ekiti State in the party’s rescheduled primary election which held on May 12.