Fayose explains how APC controlled National Assembly indirectly casts vote of no confidence on Buhari’s anti-peoples' policies

The National Assembly has been given kudos by the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayo

se for their boldness to stand firmly against the tyranny of President Buhari led government and his party, the All Progressive Congress.

According to Fayose, the continuous rejection of the President’s policies by the legislative arm of government being controlled by members of Buhari’s party signifies an indirect way of passing a vote of no confidence on the president. Saying that, he is happy, members of the National Assembly are beginning to see what he had earlier on noticed and cried about from the inception of the current administration of President Buhari.

In a press statement issued on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose stated how heart-warming it is,  in the way the National Assembly helped Nigerians to prevent the planned data tariff increase by the National Communications Commission.

He said, “In the last few months, the National Assembly as an institution has come to the aid of the suffering masses of Nigeria by stopping the Federal Government’s bad policies.

“Some of such major interventions were the stoppage of the planned data tariff increase, resolution urging the Nigeria Customs Service to suspend the ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders, and opposition of the planned closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for the repairs of its runway and the diversion of flights to the Kaduna airport.

“Particularly, even though elementary economists should know that the ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders would cause loss of several thousands of jobs and further price vehicles out of reach of ordinary Nigerians, the Federal Government adopted the policy without minding its adverse effects on Nigerians.

“Also, they knew that a complete shutdown of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and diversion of flights to Kaduna airport will endanger the lives of both local and international air travellers that will have to travel by land from Kaduna to Abuja and further jeopardise the economy of the country.

“Instead of closing the Abuja airport completely, why not use the VIP section?

“It appears this government of President Buhari is just here to inflict hardships on Nigerians and I commend the National Assembly for standing firmly on the side of the masses by showing to the whole world that the President and his government no longer enjoy the confidence of the people, especially the suffering masses.”