The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has expressed displeasure over the appointment Mr Babajide Akeredolu, son of the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), as the Director -General of the state “Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit”.
Mr Babajide’ appointment was announced in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, on Wednesday November 17, 2021.
This didn’t seat well with the opposition party in the state. The PDP through it’s state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kennedy Peretei, described this as an abuse of office on the part of Governor Akeredolu.
Peretei’ statement:
“The recent appointment of Babajide Akeredolu, a biological son of Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, (SAN), as the Director General of the PPMIU, is a flagrant abuse of office and affront on the people of Ondo State.”
“The appointment as DG of PPMIU for Babajide, a young man who carries on as though he was the person voted as governor, is part of the grand design to finally empty the treasury of the state before Akeredolu returns to Ibadan.
“Only last week, Babajide was reported to have brought another consultant to take charge of forestry operations in the state. It thus appears that Mr. Governor and his immediate family are bent on living fat on the lean resources of the people, when poverty has taken over the land, walking on all four legs.”
“There is no further proof of Akeredolu’s insensitivity to the plight of the people, when within two years of tenure, he organized three lavish weddings for his children, all in foreign lands- in Mauritius, Canada and Colorado, USA.
“Each of these weddings were bankrolled with Ondo State’s funds. Officials of the state government, family members and friends were in these countries to celebrate with Akeredolu and family. Yet, this level of opulence and wasteful lifestyle only started when he became governor.”
