Gov Akeredolu In Early Plot To Make Deputy Aiyedatiwa Successor
The Executive Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has a big plan for his deputy, Honourable Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, but going about it discretely at the moment, available information has indicated.
The plan, checks revealed, is to ensure Mr. Aiyedatiwa succeeds him at the expiration of his tenure.
The tenure of Akeredolu, who is serving his second term of another four years, ends on February 24, 2025.
And just a year and some days into his second term as governor of the “Sunshine State”, Mr. Akeredolu is believed to have found a capable successor in the number two man, who assumed office on February 24, 2021.
“They are very close… the governor sees him as a reliable deputy who works round the clock to see the transformation agenda of the administration realizable”, a source hinted at what transformed Mr. Aiyedatiwa the governor’s preferred choice.
Also said to be an advantage to Mr. Akeredolu’s calculation is the fact that his choice of successor is from Ondo South Senatorial District whose turn it is, in the spirit of fairness, to produce the next governor, highstreet.ng understands.
Governor Akeredolu and his predecessor, Segun Mimiko who ruled for eight years, are from Ondo North and Ondo Central respectively.
“I don’t see why I shouldn’t support him, he has been carrying on well… The kind of approach and energy he’s putting into governance in the state is fantastic. But one thing I am asking from him is that he should continue to be the good deputy that he is”, Mr Akeredolu reportedly told a gathering of stakeholders who are on the same page with him.
