Intrigues delay Akeredolu’s appointments as
gov jets to Abuja
Akure —PEOPLE seeking political appointments
under the new administration of Governor
Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, may have to
wait much longer following intrigues that are
currently playing out.
Governor Akeredolu is yet to announce any
appointment a week after his inauguration, last
Friday.
Reliable sources within the government said in
Akure that failure of the governor to make the
pronouncement during his inauguration last
Friday has subjected his choice to influence by
various interest groups.
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
Leaders of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC and other stakeholders are said
to have picked holes in those pencilled down
for appointment by the governor.
The governor, who was said to have promised
a former House of Representatives, Ifedayo
Abegunde, the position of the Secretary to the
State Government, SSG, is having a rethink.
But Abegunde’s backer who worked
assiduously for Akeredolu’s emergence as
governor is not giving up and was said to have
insisted on the former National Assembly
member clinching the post.
Others under consideration for the position of
the SSG include Kole Oluwajana,Tunji Light
Ariyomo and Niyi Adegbomire SAN.
Party members waiting for the pronouncement
by yesterday, were disappointed when they
heard that the governor had travelled to Abuja
to attend the NEC meeting of the party ahead
of its convention.
Akeredolu will be attending the meeting of the
governors of the party today for the first time.
He is expected back in the state according to
sources by the weekend.
In another development the Inter-Party
Advisory Council, IPAC, in the state has been
engulfed in major crisis following the removal
of Hon Fatai Adams, the Deputy Chairman of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the
chairman of the body.
The amalgamation of political parties after
their meeting in Akure said the removal of
Adams as the Chairman was as a result of the
crisis in the PDP which has factionalized it.
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