In 3 Months, I Have Redefined Governance in Ondo – Aiyedatiwa
By Kabir Akintayo
Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa who is also an aspirant for the 2024 All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary said that he has cleared all the arrears owned by the state from 2014 till date.
Aiyedatiwa also said that within just three months of being in office as a governor, he brought innovation into governance in Ondo state by doing things that will elevate the status of the state, increase its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and boost the economic growth of the state.
Speaking immediately after he submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms at the APC, National secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, Aiyedatiwa told journalists that, with supports from women, youths, artisans, students, he has nothing to fear.
He said “My desire to continue as the governor of Ondo State is not just borne out of my personal ambition alone or desire to be. But it is in response to the demands, callings, yearnings and aspirations of our people in Ondo State.
“The youth, the women, the men, the students, the artisans, the traditional rulers, the civil servants, the great workers of Ondo State, and even our known indigenes and other residents in Ondo State, all of these put together calling that I should continue as governor of Ondo State, that they have identified and observed that within the short period of my assumption of office, they could see all that I have been able to do within three months.” Aiyedatiwa said.
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The Ondo governor while listing his achievements within the shortest period said, he is in the process of recruiting 2000 teachers in the state.
“Now as governor, in the last three months I have tremendously brought innovation into governance by the things that I and my team have been doing.
“In governance, we have seen in the last three years as deputy governor areas of weaknesses, and areas that we can improve upon.
“These are the areas we are working on so that we can improve on what has been before because I have always been part of the administration in the last three years. And part of that we have been able to improve upon is to ensure that no staff of Ondo State is being owed their salaries. All their arrears had been cleared immediately I came into the office
“We are also recruiting about 2000 teachers right now both in primary and secondary schools levels to cover the gap that has been created by the death of teachers in our school.
“These are the things we have been improving upon so that we can have enough teachers in our various schools.
“We just paid for the WAEC examination of all students in public schools in Ondo State.
“I have just set up agric and food security committee to look into how we can improve on our agriculture and agric business in Ondo State make it attractive to the youths
“I have been able to assemble the best we can get in our state – the chairman of farmers Congress, the president of OSAKA, the South West chairman of poultry farmers association and some other technocrats to work with them so that we can improve on our agriculture because Ondo State is blessed and we can make agriculture our mainstream,” Aiyedatiwa said.
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