70 days to Ondo election, Aiyedatiwa appoints 344 aides

The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has appointed 344 political aides 70 days to the governorship election.

The newly appointed aides comprised of 28 senior special assistants and 316 special assistants.

Aiyedatiwa rolled out the long list of the aides on Friday, 70 days before the forthcoming off-cycle Noverber 16 governorship election in the state.

The appointments come a few days after Aiyedatiwa tasked workers in the state to key into the state’s financial prudence by shunning wastages and leakages in order to free up resources for developmental and impactful projects.

Aiyedatiwa in a statement by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the appointments were spread across the 18 local government areas, 33 local council development areas, LCDAs, and 203 political wards in the state.

According to him, the appointments will further aide governance and smooth administration in the state.

He said: “In continuation of efforts to enhance governance and service delivery to the people of the state, the Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment of new Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and Special Assistants (SAs).”

Meanwhile, a Public Affairs Analyst in the State, Olujimi Adekanle, has berated the governor over the appointments, describing it as unnecessary and a misdirection.

He said, “Who are those responsible for the SSAs and SAs appointments in Ondo State? I am very sure Mr. Governor was misled; tails were given heads and heads were given tails. I saw some personalities that were eminently qualified to be senior special assistants but were relegated to just special assistants.

“Honestly, I don’t understand the yardstick for these appointments; some people should be respected by their political activities and the office they held in the past.

“Don’t be surprised when you see scores of newly appointees declining their appointments.