On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Fayose said Ekiti should be given its own share of the $1 billion for its fight against “hunger haram”. The governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has filed a suit before a federal high court in Abuja, challenging the decision of other governors to approve $1 billion for the fight against insurgency.Fayose had immediately kicked against the decision when it was announced last week that governors had agreed that the federal government should withdraw the amount from the excess crude account.Speaking with on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Fayose said Ekiti should be given its own share of the $1 billion for its fight against “hunger haram”.Ekiti State is expected to collect the sum of N4,772,836,647.08 when the fund is shared among the states.“I’m not in support of $1 billion and will never be in support of it. In my state, we have agreed to go to court to contest this.
