Immediate past governor of Ondo state, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, weekend said his successor in office, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) is a disappointment to the people.
Speaking at Ile-Oluji in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo local government during the campaign tour of Alfred Agboola Ajayi, the governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Mimiko said his successor’s government was anti-people because of the cancellation of free health and increase in tuition fees paid by tertiary institutions in the state.
He said: “The government of Akeredolu’s claim to performance is nothing but falsehood as all indices showed otherwise. There is no person that will say he has not performed. But how do we differentiate performance? Any government that has not democratised education is a bad government.
“Government that hiked school fee is a bad government. Akeredolu’s government is an enemy of the people. Anybody that votes Akeredolu is selling his children’s future.
“Any government that does not make health free is your enemy. Akeredolu’s government is an enemy of the people by cancelling mother and child and free health for children.
“Any time they come here to campaign for votes ask him, where are our shuttle buses, where is our abiye? The government that cancelled trauma centre is your enemy.”
Mimiko said the utterances of Akeredolu have clearly shown that he is not part of the state as he had vowed to go back to his base if not voted for.
Mimiko said: “This government has not performed, he is anti-people. Any government that fails to democratise access to education, hyealth and other essential services to the people is not a good government.”
The ZLP national leader also fumed at the cancellation of the Accident Emergency Scheme which was established by the his administration to reduce the number of deaths on express roads I in Ondo state.
He urged the people to vote out the anti-people government and vote for Ajayi and Gboye Adegbenro as governor and deputy governor on the platform of the ZLP.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming election, Eyitayo Jegede also decried the poor state of education, health and infrastructure across the state. He urged the citizenry not to lose hope and vote for a change by voting for him for more development in all spheres of life.
Reacting to the allegations, the spokesperson for Akeredolu / Ayedatiwa campaign organisation, Olabode Richard, said it is unfortunate that a governor that sacked over 10,000 workers in Ondo state is calling the Akeredolu administration an anti-people government. He said it is on record that Governor Akeredolu has not sacked anyone in the state workforce either at the local or state level.
