The newly sworn-in Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Fortunate Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday vowed to mobilize all stakeholders in his area to “transfer the state ahead.”
Aiyedatiwa expressed his plans to “urge everybody to work collectively and see how we are able to transfer the state ahead” when he visited President Bola Tinubu in Lagos late on Thursday night.
His feedback got here barely 24 hours after he took the oath of workplace following the loss of life of former Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.
Aiyedatiwa stated he acquired “recommendation and encouragement” from the president to “take cost and mobilize everybody” in his state to proceed with the enterprise of governance.
On Wednesday, the Ondo state authorities introduced the loss of life of Akeredolu after an extended battle with prostate most cancers.
His loss of life is the primary for a sitting Ondo governor and the fourth within the nation's current historical past.
Others who died in workplace are Shehu Kangiwa of Sokoto (1981), Mamman Ali of Yobe (2009) and Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna (2012).
Aiyedatiwa defined that he visited the President to “additional transient him on the occasions which have transpired in our state; the lack of our Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and to additionally inform him that I’ve simply been sworn in, as a result of there can by no means be a vacuum as Governor of Ondo State, as his former deputy.
He stated that through the closed-door assembly, he additionally “thanked President Tinubu for supporting us on the crucial juncture in our state. What occurred in Ondo State within the final six months is not information.
“Ondo State was within the information nearly every single day for the previous six months however that has now calmed down and he stood by us because the president of the nation.
“So I'm right here to only thank him for his function as a father determine to the state, for all his recommendation and the event presently and for what we stay up for doing within the coming days,” he added.
In the meantime, his counterpart in Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, stated he paid a condolence go to to the President to transient him on the state’s plans for the brand new yr.
Abiosun stated: “Yesterday we woke as much as the breaking information of the passing of our senior colleague, who was additionally the Chairman of the Southwest Governors Discussion board and the Chairman of the Southern Governors Discussion board, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
“I got here to specific my condolences to Mr. President as a result of I knew how shut he was to Mr. President, how loyal he was and the way supportive he was to Mr. President throughout his journey to Aso Rock.
“I additionally took the chance to transient him on our journey to this point in Ogun State, and the way effectively we’re doing; the truth that we’re essentially the most improved economic system in Nigeria at present, and one of many quickest rising economies in Nigeria at present, and the way effectively we’re doing as a state and what we’re poised to realize and obtain within the new 12 months.”
