Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, was his strong backing during his legal tussle to reclaim his mandate as the duly elected winner of the poll in 2007.
At her thanksgiving service for the 50th birthday ceremony, held at the Government House Chapel, Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, Fayemi said his wife’s faith in God saw them through the trying period.
“If my wife had not been a faithful person, if she had not been a committed person, if she had not been a trusted person, I can always say with certainty that I won’t be standing before you as the governor of this state.”
He commended his wife for always being there for him as his source of encouragement and a pillar of support through both good and hard times.
“I’ll like to say that she is a quiet pillar behind the scene but definitely she is not passive and she is not a silent supporter either. She is very active, to some people too active to a fault. But I genuinely feel that not only has Ekiti got two for the price of one but that they are not even sure sometimes who is governor,” he added.
“She wanted us to invite Yvonne Chaka Chaka to come and sing at her 50th birthday because we’ve been planning the birthday for about 10 years ago. When she clocked 40 years, she has been telling me how she would like her birthday at 50 to be,” he said. Speaking, Mrs. Fayemi, who was full of praises to God, thanked her husband and children for their support over the years.
“The journey has been full of ups and downs, full of challenges, triumphs, and travails and looking back now, I just thank God that I have had more cause to laugh and rejoice in my life than I have cause to cry and regret.”
She said despite the fact that her father was very strict, he was very proud of her, which gave her a lot of confidence to aspire and achieve greatness in life.
“So, coming from that kind of background gave me a lot of confidence, it boosted my self-esteem through life, through school, through going back to the United Kingdom, getting married. Being part of a political family has taught me that it is important to stand up for what I believe in,” Mrs. Fayemi said.
The celebration, which was low key had in attendance the state Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu, husband of the late deputy governor, Mr. Lanre Olayinka, the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu, state commissioners and a host of other guests.
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