Fayose appoints 72- year old illiterate carpenter LG Chairman

 Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele

Fayose, has appointed a 72-year

old carpenter, Olatunde

Afolayan, as caretaker

chairman of Moba Local

Government Area. of the state.

Mr. Afolayan, an illiterate, was

on Friday sworn-in as

chairman along with Bayode

Ayeni and Owolabi Ajewole,

who were appointed for Ikole

and Ijero councils respectively,

Mr. Fayose said many of the

champions of democracy in

Nigeria depended on

illiterates to survive

electioneering campaigns,

lamenting that such persons

were forgotten as soon as the

politicians got to power.

“In my government, whether

you are educated or not, you

will get something. The vote of

a professor and an illiterate is

the same,” he assured.

“So, under my administration,

those who are not educated can

rise to any

level they want.”

Adding a rare drama to the

event, Mr. Fayose, at the

ceremony, appointed a graduate

as personal assistant for Mr.

Afolayan.

Mr. Afolayan, who expressed

gratitude for the governor’s

gesture, said he had hoped only

to become a ward chairman.

He promised to surpass the

records of his predecessors so

as to justify Mr. Fayose’s stand

that local people were

intelligent and visionary.

“I have never gone to school

for a day, but that does not

reduce my intelligence,” he

said.

“I may not be educated or have

any certificate, but I have brain

and experience to lead the

affairs of the council.”