PDP demands Akeredolu transmit power to Deputy, Aiyedatiwa

The dust raised by the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the lingering crisis rocking Ondo State has not settled yet as the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Ondo State Chapter has insisted that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu must transmit power to his Deputy, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa to function as Acting Governor so as to ameliorate the suffering of the masses in the state.

According to the party, since the governor “is sick or at best recuperating, thus he remains missing in action, the state deserves every attention, the Constitution has made provisions for a period like this.”

The State Chairman, Hon. Fatai Adams in a statement issued in Akure, the state capital on Tuesday noted that the business of administering the State is no tea party or picnic and this demands every attention that can be mustered

“It is now crystal clear that Akeredolu’s doctors have since instructed him to stay away from his office and state, this certainly underscores the fact that he is currently not fit to handle state matters; we urge Mr Governor to please use his advice to the late President Yar’Adua and again transmit power to the deputy governor in the interest of our dear state.

“We have heard stories of how Babajide (Akeredolu’s son) rides the governor’s official convoy to visit his friends, which is ludicrous and an errant abuse of power and privileges. The mass of Ondo State people abhor, detest, disapprove, and reject such actions.

“We also note the total indiscipline and rudeness of some members of the State Executive Council to the office of the deputy governor, it merely indicates that the Akeredolu administration is rudderless, not cohesive, and bereft of the required legitimacy to remain atop of the affairs of Government any longer.”

PDP, however, urged Governor Akeredolu to have a sense of history and must care enough about what history will record about him

“He is the governor, still ailing, the health of the state cannot be dragged to his sick bed alongside him; posterity will not take kindly to this mean and shortsighted attitude,” the party said

The party however asked the administration of Governor Akeredolu, as a matter of urgency, to make the financial statement of the state public.

“The party feels “duty-bound to say that the resources and finances of the state are our commonwealth, therefore concerned and interested in its management.

“For the past years that Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has been governor, not once has any financial update been given to the citizenry. Curious and inexplicable expenditure has been the order of the day, therefore we demand a balance sheet on the finances of our state, this we do because when our party was in government, due regard was given to giving an account update every month, or at the end of every financial year by the Agagu and Mimiko administrations.

“We seek answers to the administration of the fund. The government is hereby invited to render an account of how this money is spent immediately or cause actions to be taken to unravel the debauchery that was perpetrated in the name of palliatives in our state.” the party added.