We’ve paid N7.2b inherited gratuities – Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared that his administration has up to date released over N7.2 Billion for part payment of backlogs of unpaid gratuity inherited in 2017. The Governor, who made the disclosure during this year’s Pensioners’ Day Celebration in Akure, added that more than two months of the six months outstanding salaries […]

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Akeredolu assigns portfolios to new commissioners, special advisers

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has assigned portfolios to commissioners and special advisers who were sworn in on Monday. He announced the portfolios during the state executive council meeting held on Wednesday in Akure, the state capital. The commissioners and their ministries are: Adefarati Adegboyega Adeyemi – Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs; Ademola-Olateju Bamidele – […]

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Merry Christmas for Ondo workers as Akeredolu promises substantial salary

Workers in Ondo State will have a merry Christmas, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu pledged on Monday in Akure, to pay them a substantial amount of their salary before the Festival. Specifically he assured civil servants in the State that they would smile home this Christmas, with the promised payment of their salaries. He stressed that his […]

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Akeredolu swears in 14 new commissioners, others, warns against dereliction of duty

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu warned newly sworn-in commissioners, special advisers, and Director-General against dereliction of duty. He specifically warned the 14 commissioners, seven special advisers, and a Director-General, that “there will be no excuse for dereliction,” apart from asking them to resist acting disgracefully in the discharge of their duties. At their swearing-in in Akure […]

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National Youth Council of Nigeria tasks new commissioners sworn in by Akeredolu

Akeredolu, flanked by the new commissioners and other appointees; top members of his administration and some of the dignitaries at the event The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Ondo State chapter has charged the new commissioners in the state who were sworn in on Monday by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to maximize their seats for […]

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PDP: No plan to dissolve Ondo exco to accomodate Mimiko’s interest

The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed an alleged plan to dissolve its Ondo state executive to accommodate the inerest of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko. It said the dissolution plan story was sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as “part of the retroactive steps of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government information […]

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Akure cleric Sotitobire leaves prison 2 years after life sentence over boy’s disappearance

Babatunde moving out of Olokuta Correctional Centre, Akure After two years behind the bars, the founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, on Tuesday walked out a free man yesterday into the warm embrace of his wife Bisola and members of his congregation. It was an emotional reunion for the founder and his […]

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Akeredolu bags NCWS gender sensitive, security ambassador award

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Tuesday, received an award of honour from the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) for being gender sensitive and security ambassador. The National President of the NCWS, Pastor Jumoke Aborode said the award of honour was in recognition of the Governor’s gender sensitivity and unprecedented inclusion of women in […]

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