“If they conducted themselves appropriately, I do not even see any reason why I should not be taking the in-coming governor on a tour of these buildings (the new Government House), and showing him what we have done here and how we can maintain the monument. It is not a private property of any governor resident here. “The World Bank had eight projects in the course of my tenure in the state. So Ekiti became the major focused state in Nigeria. And they are worried now. They are very worried. They are concerned about what is going to happen to their projects and to the things we have been doing. “We have projects in agriculture, in water; we have in education. I mean World Bank has over the last one year put in almost $150 million in this state and now, they have solicited, they have asked me to bring the new person so that we sit down, introduce him to them and reassure them that these things would be handled in the manner that would not lead them to regretting the funds they have given. “Of course, their support is not personal, it is institutional. But in fundraising, we always say it is people that you are comfortable with that you will support and it is not an accident that Ekiti did not have that kind of support before I became governor here. So it is going to be a challenge. He would have to reassure development partners. “They don’t have particularly nice stories to tell about past relationships with him. So I hope we don’t lose out. I hope the World Bank doesn’t withdraw their support from Ekiti,”.~ Governor Kayode Fayemi
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:08:08 +0000
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