Category: Ondo State

Ondo State Executive Council members have passed a vote of confidence in Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The document was signed by 33 of the 35 members of the cabinet. Below is the full text of the confidence vote contained in a press statement titled: “We stand by our courageous principal and mentor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu […]

By Reuben Abati Off-cycle elections in Nigeria are elections that are held outside the usual timetable for general elections. When Nigeria returned to democratic, civilian rule in 1999, the expectation was that elections would be held regularly across the federation in a four-year-cycle, but after the 1999 elections, many candidates went to court to protest […]

Civil servants in Ondo State on Wednesday complied with the directive by the state labour leaders directing workers to join the ongoing nationwide strike. Recall that on Tuesday evening, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ondo State said they had joined the ongoing and indefinite nationwide strike […]

Prominent elders and leaders of Ondo state met on Monday to wade into the political crisis rocking the state in the last few months over the continued absence of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the impeachment process instituted against his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa over alleged gross misconduct. The elders and leaders’ meeting summoned by Afenifere leader, […]

By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei In the last few weeks, Ondo State has dominated front pages of national newspapers as well as discourse in broadcast media platforms for the wrong reason. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN proceeded on a three-month medical leave after which he returned to his private residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. What […]

The 18 immediate past council chairmen in Ondo State have debunked the allegation by the state’s chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that they were still drawing salaries after leaving office. They faulted the allegation credited to the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei as s figment of his imagination. Peretei had […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that former Local Government chairmen in Ondo State still draw salaries. This was in a statement on Thursday by the party’s state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, The statement said: “The multidimensional consequences of the absence of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on his duty post, due […]

In line with its determination to ensure that Onyearugbulem-Shagari Village flyover stands the test of time when completed, Ondo state government has ordered another round of substructure evaluation of the project. It is in keeping with the Akeredolu administration’s policy of adhering to standard procedures in project execution. Consequently, the government has again ordered temporary […]

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has rejected the apology tendered by his deputy, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over the embarrassment that the ongoing political crisis must have caused in the state. The governor, who reacted to Aiyedatiwa’s apology through his Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, also rejected some […]