A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Kayode Fayemi, has described the reward system in the APC as poor.
Speaking yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, while wooing delegates of the Oyo APC, Fayemi likened the reward system in the party to one where ‘monkeys work while baboons are beneficiaries of the party goodies’.
To retain the commitment and passion of party members, Fayemi said the Party must fix its reward system such that those who work are rewarded with party patronages.
He also described it as discouraging to sustaining in the Party, a situation where longstanding Party members are discarded for moneybags who suddenly show up and are handed party tickets.
Fayemi identified security as an aspect that he will focus on if elected president. To effectively tackle insecurity, Fayemi said there is a need to decentralise the nation’s internal security architecture.
Noting that the federal police is overstretched, Fayemi advocated for the activation of local security, especially the engagement of one million policemen in the country.
He also pointed to the need to retool the nation’s military to respond to threats, address inequality, and youth restiveness, and provide jobs for young people.
In their remarks, a former deputy governor of Oyo State, Iyiola Oladokun, and the governorship aspirant of the APC, Senator Teslim Folarin described Fayemi as a true party man.
