Isaac Fayose, popular influencer and younger brother to former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, has blasted the new appointment given to his elder brother, reminding him he vowed never to accept such an offer.
He made this known in a now-trending video shared on his official Facebook page following the ex-governor’s appointment as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) by President Bola Tinubu on Monday.
While questioning the rationale behind the appointment, Isaac argued the president quickly gave his brother a role after the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, paid him a visit.
“They gave my brother DG because Obi came on Saturday to visit me. So they said, ‘No, we must enter that family,’” he claimed.
The internet personality further noted that the likes of Reno Omokri, who was never a governor, got appointed as an ambassador, insisting that the REA position was beneath his brother’s political stature.
“They did not give him minister, they did not give him ambassador. Even Reno Omokri, they gave him ambassador. They couldn’t give my brother ambassador,” he said.
“So why just chairman of a parastatal?”
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Isaac, who repeatedly referred to the appointment as a director-general position—although the Presidency named Ayo Fayose as the non-executive chairman of the REA board—recalled that his brother had previously vowed not to accept another government position after completing his tenure as Ekiti governor.
According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain had promised to concentrate on his private businesses instead of becoming a minister, senator, or director-general.
“But my brother told me, ‘Isaac, whenever I leave this Government House, I will not be a minister, I will not be DG, I will not be senator. I will face my business,’” he recalled.
Addressing his brother directly, he said: “I know you will not take this. But if you take it, who am I?”
He nevertheless congratulated him and suggested that the position should be offered to his son instead.
“You better give your son. Please, don’t take that kind of appointment. You are too big for that. Afobaje ni e,” Isaac said, describing Ayo Fayose as a political kingmaker.