Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has urged members of the National Assembly from the state to support the nomination of former Governor Kayode Fayemi when the screening of ministerial nominees by the Senate commences.

According to Tribune: Governor Fayose was said to have given the advice on Thursday while meeting with student leaders from the state under the aegis of Federation of Ekiti Students Unions (FEESU) in his office.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi, on Thursday, said the governor told his visitors that "the Ekiti project belongs to all and everything must be done to support it."

According to him, "the governor urged the lawmakers representing the state to play their parts towards ensuring that the former governor gets a hitch-free screening exercise on the floor of the Senate come next Tuesday when the screening of the ministerial nominees would come up."

The governor had said: "Ekiti is my priority. Some people petitioned the National Assembly stating how Fayemi sunk Ekiti into heavy debts. I have told the members not to do that. It is God that judges people, not us.

"You must support him there. They should not go to the Senate and oppose Kayode Fayemi. No. They must never do that. An Ekiti man is an Ekiti man. I appeal to everybody, you must support him. I call on all the House of Representatives members and senators that went to Abuja from here to support him."

He charged the students to shun acts that could mar their future, saying he would never ask them to engage in party politics or thuggery.