Akeredolu Under PDP Fire Over Daughter’s Mauritius Wedding

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been put to task over his sensitivity to the plight of the citizens of the state upon the wedding of his daughter in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.

The Peoples Democratic Party in a statement on Tuesday said the governor’s celebration of his children’s weddings across the world is a vexatious display of affluence and disdain of the plight of the citizenry.

The party’s assertions were upon the weekend wedding of the governor’s daughter, Dr. Teniola to Engineer Olatunde Mike Oyeyiola at the Long Beach Sun Resort, Mauritius.

Responding to the wedding, the PDP in a statement issued by its director of media and publicity, Zadok Akintoye alleged that as many as 100 state officials were sponsored for the wedding.

The PDP in the statement said:

“Within the last two years, the governor has celebrated weddings of his children across the world from Canada to the United States and now Mauritius at the expense of citizens of this state without any sense of respect to the people he leads.

“How else can one explain the present display of affluence and disdain for the people?

“The recent outcry of citizens of this state against the vexatious display of insensitivity by the Governor of Ondo state, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, remains another testament of the lack of empathy by the APC-led government towards the difficult challenges currently being faced by citizens.

“Considering very carefully the deplorable condition of public infrastructure in the state, the high number of students in public universities who have been forced to either suspend or fully abandon their academic pursuits, the inability of this government to provide basic and affordable healthcare.

“One would have expected the governor to show some minimal level of empathy expected of a public servant superintending over a government that has increased taxes and levies paid by citizens and forced many to seek survival through pain.

“lt is on record that this APC-led government, remains the most anti-people government in the history of Ondo State and one that has glorified crony capitalism, nepotism, tribalism and wanton disregard for the welfare of the people.

“We therefore ask this government to face the serious issues of providing good governance rather than turning the administration of  public wealth and resources into an opportunity for grandiose parties and jamboree.

“The indefensible response from the Honorable Commissioner for Information, Mr. Donald Ojogo that only five cabinet members graced the occasion, can at best be seen as a deliberate attempt misinform the citizens.

” Its on record that members of the Cabinet, the Speaker and Members of the state House of Assembly, Aides and Assistants of this Governor, numbering almost 100 attended the wedding in Mauritius.

“For a government that has not been able to mobilize its aides to deal with the deplorable state of public infrastructure in the state, such a visit is not only needless but irresponsible and shows clearly what the priorities of this government are.

” We put this government on notice that its’ reckless abandonment of the good of the people will be remembered when this government is replaced by a more people-friendly PDP government in 2020.”

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