On Tuesday, Governor Fayose presented his budget to the Ekiti State House of Assembly and apart from the way he dressed, he was also alleged to have brought out a gavel and symbolically passed the budget into law after presenting the proposal to lawmakers. Governor Fayose is well known for dressing informally and regularly appears at public functions in shorts.
Critical of his actions, the APC argued that apart from brandishing the gavel, Governor Fayose’s choice of a T-shirt and pair of jeans instead of official full native attire or English wear diminished the office he occupies. Chief Taiwo Olatunbosun, the APC's publicity secretary, said it was regrettable that the lawmakers allowed the governor to get away with the breach of official protocol, which undermined the assembly’s integrity.
Chief Olatunbosun added: "The world watched in disbelief as Fayose stormed the house of assembly in casual dress. The governor’s appearance is uncultured and in flagrant disregard of the rule of law and constituted authority and defies decorum, violates law and order and abuses power.
“More shocks came when the governor grabbed the gavel and started conducting a mock sitting. The worst was the quality of English by the governor who said those who doesn’t support the quick passage of the budget should say aye or nay, to which both gallery and members hooted aye."
Berating the lawmakers for allowing the executive to undermine the established protocol of the assembly and put the state in ridicule by allowing the governor to use the gavel as well as appearing in casual wear, Chief Olatunbosun said members’ conduct demonstrated the confirmation of their subservient relationship with the governor in clear breach of the constitution. Governor Fayose's Peoples Democratic Party is in full control of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.
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