Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said the parlous state of the nation’s economy may continue throughout the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, due to mismanagement and lack of focus.

Fayose gave this assertion yesterday in his address at the thanksgiving service to mark the first anniversary of Ekiti State House of Assembly, at the Government House Chapel, Ado-Ekiti.

According to a statement by the Special Assistant, Media to Speaker, Stephen Gbadamosi, he said he decided to embark on a solidarity strike with the workers in the state, when it dawned on him that the Federal Government has failed in revamping the nation’s economy.

I am not a prophet of doom, but I must tell you the truth. It is this economic downturn that will pull down the Buhari-led government,” he said.

Fayose added that the economy may improve, but it will be too late in the life of the Buhari-led government, saying God is angry with his government, because it is shedding the blood of too many innocent people.

He alleged that under this regime, “Soldiers go into peoples home in poor villages and gun them down in cold blood. There is too much of blood shedding.

“Look at what they did to that innocent woman in Kano. He said this happened so that the deeds of this government would be exposed; so that everyone would see their inability and hypocrisy,” he said.

Earlier, Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole, in his thanksgiving speech, lauded Governor Fayose for the support he had been giving the legislative arm of government, noting that the principle of separation of power did not envisage bickering among the arms of government.

“When people say we are Fayose’s boys in the house, I just watch them display their ignorance, adding ‘our enemies did not want us to get to the assembly, let alone clock one year in office,” he said.

“When you say someone is a rubber stamp, it means that person is a fool or moron. By all standards, members of the Ekiti assembly are no fools or morons. We have virtually all professional callings represented in the house,” he added.

Many dignitaries attended the service, among them Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola, Vice Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Prof Samuel Oye Bandele, Chairman of the state SUBEB, Bode Ola, Chaplain of the Government House Chapel, Seyi Olusola and former PDP chairman in the state, Bola Olu-Ojo.