Ondo Govt Explains Why Gov Akeredolu is Working From Ibadan

Ondo state government has explained why Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is yet to return to the state since he returned from medical leave.

Doyin Odebowale, the Special Adviser on Special Duty and Strategy to the Governor said that his principal is not working from the capital, Akure, due to accommodation challenges.

The governor’s aide who made this known in an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, said due to Akeredolu‘s state of health, he needed a better apartment to carry out his task of governing the state

Akeredolu, who has since his return from a medical vacation abroad has been working from Ibadan, Oyo State has been receiving criticism from opposition and various stakeholders.

Reacting, Odebowale said: “Aketi came back in September. Where he used to stay – the Presidential Lodge built for the visiting president at that time Olusegun Obasanjo – is a two-bedroom apartment,”

“Now, he is back. He cannot occupy that place again. The Old Governor’s Office – the Governor’s Lodge built by the previous administration is now the office of the investment outlet called the ODIPA. That’s the office,” the governor’s aide added.

“So, the governor has been managing a two-bedroom apartment for six years. But his current state of health would not permit him to pretend that all is well.

“He would need all the things for him to recover properly. That’s why the new place that is being arranged for him is almost completed.

Also Read: I’ve Repaid Tinubu His £500 – Dele Momodu

“When they say they want to see Aketi, do they want to see him at the site so that he would be carrying cement or following workmen?

“What exactly? The civil servants have been paid all their salaries. Aketi has been signing laws since he came back,”