All Progressives Congress, (APC) House of Representatives candidate for Irele/Okitipupa Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the forthcoming 2023 National Assembly Elections, Prince Okunjimi Odimayo has congratulated Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, on his conferment with the National Award of Commander of the Order of the Niger, (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari, at a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday.
In a statement which he signed, he described the national honour as “another golden feather added to the already filled red cap of the highly respected Ondo State Governor and the Generalisimo of Amotekun Corps in the Southern part of Nigeria.”
The Ode-Irele born Prince and business mogul also felicitated with another recipient of Officer of Order of Niger (OON), Prof. Adedayo Faduyile, an Ikale Prince and special adviser on Health Matters to Akeredolu.
Odimayo said: “It gladdens my heart to be associated with these great men of Honours who had done us proud, both in their private practices and public administrations; cumulatively in the worthy National Honours bestowed on the two distinguished personalities by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.
“The honour done today (Tuesday October 11) on our workaholic, bold, brave, Mr. Talk & Do Governor is not coming to us as a surprise, but as a confirmation and further recognition of the accomplishments of Governor Akeredolu as a dutiful public administrator and an astute lawyer.
“I also use this all important occasion of the confinement of National Honour of Commander of the Order Niger (CON) on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN to facilitate with him, the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the entire Akeredolu family, Ondo State people and Nigeria in general.
“This honour is a testimony and pointer to Akeredolu’s giant strides in many public sectors in the administration of the State, since assumption of office, especially in the area of security of lives and property of the citizenry especially in the Southwest region.
“Akeredolu’s leadership acumen has also been felt as the reigning Chairman of Southwest Governors Forum, being the facilitator and Generalissimo of the Amotekun Corps to secure and protect the entire Southwest region, as well as the Chairman, Southern Governors Forum who has been in the forefront of fighting against killer herdsmen, open grazing, banditry and agitation for Southern Presidency.
“On the part of our Ikale brother and kinsman, Prof. Adedayo Faduyile, a Reigning Prince of Abodi of Ikaleland, a Professor of Pathology Medicine and immediate past National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, (NMA) and current Special Adviser on Health matters to Ondo State Governor. Prof. Faduyile is a man of many parts who is using medical training and practice to safe lives and impacting knowledge into medical students as lecturer at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos.
“The award and honour of Officer of Order of Niger, (OON) conferred on our darling Ikale Prince is a heart-warming, spirit lifting and a pride to all Ikale sons and daughters, anywhere the World over.
“I am using our dear Governor Akeredolu and Prince Faduyile as points of contact to other recipients of this year’s National Awards, especially from our Sunshine State to celebrate and wish them well for these well deserved Honours.
“I congratulate other prominent awardees who had been found worthy of such National Honours by the Federal Government on their milestone achievements and making Ondo State proud among the comity of States in Nigeria.”
