Fayose: Like Yar’Adua, Jonathan tried, scrap REA – Atiku’s aide to Tinubu

The Senior Political Assistant to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarenwaju, connected Tuesday, suggested that the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, should beryllium scrapped similar erstwhile presidents Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan trued to during their tenures.

Olarenwaju said President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has nary concern with with agrarian electrification due to the fact that states should beryllium capable to supply powerfulness successful their domains.

Posting connected X, Atiku’s adjutant wrote: “The Act itself is present compromised and REA should beryllium scrapped arsenic Yar’Adua tried to bash successful 2009 and past Jonathan came successful and asked Oronsaye to bash a much holistic reappraisal of the full FG.

“In a genuinely federated state wherever powerfulness is the concern of the states arsenic Tinubu claims, FG has nary concern anymore with Rural Electrification and immoderate authorities that prioritises powerfulness should root it for its people.

“The Govt should beryllium consistent: you can’t assertion states tin generate, transmit and administer powerfulness past inactive clasp connected to a agrarian electrification bureau that bypasses the State Governments.”

This comes little than 24 hours aft Tinubu named a for...