While encouraging the people of the South-West state “not to relent, as you have always done, in your prayers for the quick restoration of good health and strength to our leader,” Rotimi Akeredolu, the Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has also urged the people of the state to embrace unity even as they return the state to the path of “accelerated progress.”
This was said by Aiyedatiwa on Thursday morning during a state broadcast on his taking over as the state’s acting governor after his principal, who is ill, transferred authority to him and the state assembly approved the decision.
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“We must excuse unnecessary distractions,” said Aiyedatiwa, who urged the people of the state to “return quickly to the path of accelerated progress that has eluded the State in the last few months.” We are no longer able to be split by purpose or by areas of interest. We have to stick together all the way through.
“We must come back stronger and more determined to advance the welfare and security of our people, being the primary object of government as encapsulated in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. Let us build a shared future from a divided past. We owe no less to the good people of the Sunshine State.”
Recall that the 67-year-old governor was flown overseas in June to receive medical treatment for a medical condition. He returned to Nigeria in September after spending months abroad, but he remained in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, where he has been under constant pressure to step down or, in accordance with the 1999 constitution, turn over power to his deputy.
