Isaac Fayose has urged his elder brother, Ayo Fayose, to hand off his newly announced Rural Electrification Agency chairmanship to his son, arguing the former Ekiti governor deserved a more senior position such as minister or ambassador.
Isaac Fayose has told his elder brother, Ayo Fayose, to hand off his newly announced Rural Electrification Agency (REA) chairmanship to his son, saying the former Ekiti State governor was too politically significant for such a role.
The younger Fayose made the remark in a video on his Instagram page on Monday, reacting to the Presidency’s announcement that his brother had been appointed chairman of the REA board alongside 25 others named into the leadership of 10 federal agencies and commissions.
According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Fayose would chair the board alongside Ahmadu Abubakar and Ilyasu Ibrahim Makinta as non-executive directors, with the agency’s incumbent Director-General, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and three executive directors retained.
The Punch reports that Isaac opened his post by contrasting the chairmanship with more senior positions he believed his brother deserved, saying, “They said they gave my brother a DG, DG, not a minister, not ambassador.”
He argued the appointment fell short of his brother’s stature, adding, “They no see give him minister, they no give him ambassador.” Drawing a comparison with a government critic-turned-appointee, he said, “Even Reno Omokri sef, they gave him ambassador. They couldn’t give my brother ambassador,” asking further, “So why just chairman of a parastatal?”
Isaac linked the timing of the appointment to a weekend visit by former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying, “They gave my brother DG because Obi came on Saturday to visit me. So they said, no, we must enter that family.”
PUNCH Online had earlier reported that Isaac hailed Obi as Nigeria’s “incoming president” during the visit, days after threatening to withdraw his backing, with Obi responding that many online critics of Isaac were not genuine supporters of the movement.
Isaac added that his brother had long maintained he had no interest in government positions after leaving office, quoting him as vowing to return to his private business rather than become a minister, director-general or senator.
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