Betty Akeredolu’s Power: government is conducted with decorum

The Ondo state government has again described as untrue the allegations by a 2020 governorship aspirant in APC , Ife Oyedele that the government is being run as a family affairs in the state.

Oyedele had at a forum described the current government of the state as “the government of the governor and wife and for his children.”

Oyedele also pointed out that the state has been suffering from leadership without plans in the past years.

Oyedele said those running the affairs of the state had been running the government like a family business.

Similarly, there had been rumours that Mrs Akeredolu determines how the state is run, a development that many APC members and those in government are not comfortable with.

The chief of staff to the governor ,chief Olugbenga Ale who spoke at an event organised by a pro-Akeredolu group, the Democratic Peace Movement for Aketi 2020, in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Monday however described such talk as a market place discussion.

Ale said “Well, those who alleged that the wife of the governor is the one in charge of the governance ,i don’t know what they have in mind.

We don’t listen to the noise. I want you to understand governance process. Governance is a serious matter and not something we discuss in the market place.

We have the state executive council and i am sure we all know that her excellency, the wife of the governor , Mrs Akeredolu is not a member of the state executive council. So i don’t know how they came with that equation.

I would not answer that question on her behalf based on what is in the report but i know that in this state, government business is conducted with decorum, sincerity and fairness.”

Also speaking,the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, stated that the second term of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, is certain.

Oloyeloogun said the governor’s achievements in the last three years had earned him love from the people of the state.

He cited Akeredolu’s role in the establishment of the South-West security outfit, Operation Amotekun, as one of the things that had endeared him to the people of the state.

Represented by a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Samuel Aderoboye, the Ondo Speaker said Akeredolu had performed well in every sector of the state.

“The role he played in the establishment of Operation Amotekun is a plus for him to secure second term in office. The people of the state love him. He is a man of integrity,” he said.

The coordinator of the group, Prof Olu Aboluwoye, said Akeredolu was committed to moving the state forward, calling on the people to support him for second term to enable him to deliver more dividends of democracy to the people.