Your Second Coming As Governor Is For A Purpose, Gowon Tells Fayemi

 

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has said that Governor Kayode Fayemi’s second coming as Ekiti State Governor was not a happenstance but a grand design by God to achieve a purpose.

General Gowon made this disclosure while addressing the congregation at the Government House Chapel, Ado- Ekiti on Sunday.

General Gowon who lauded Fayemi’s resolve to complete all uncompleted projects he inherited from the immediate past administration said it was a right step in the right direction and a hallmark of purposeful leadership.

At the well – attended service held ahead of the Nigeria Prays South West zonal prayer summit, the former Head of State and Governor Fayemi also restated their commitment to the efficacy of prayer in solving national challenges.

Fayemi, who has hosted the summit as well as the Former Head of State twice as governor of Ekiti State, assured him that Ekiti would not stop praying because it is the only antidote to the various challenges facing Nigeria in general and Ekiti in particular.

Fayemi said God had blessed Nigeria as a nation, adding that Nigerians should never under-estimate the love of God for the country.

The governor extolled the virtues of General Gowon as a leader who has always given wise counsel to up-coming leaders in the country.

According to the governor, “There is this coincidence that every time that our father has come here, I found myself being his host in Ekiti state.

“To me personally, the first time I saw our former Head of State in real life, I was five. He came to Ibadan and I was in Primary one, we were asked to hold Nigeria flag, the war had just ended in 1970. So you may wonder how I feel anytime I had to listen to him and his wise counsel, his humility is something that is particularly exciting to me.