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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, has appealed to Nigerians to vote for competence in the 2023 general elections.
Akeredolu,who spoke during the swearing-in of two new commissioners, held at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Alagbaka, Akure, on Wednesday, noted that the faith of the vice president would not affect performance in any government.
He expressed confidence that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will rescue the nation, saying that the bulk stops at the president’s table.
“Muslim-Muslim Ticket has nothing to do with performance. Let’s vote for someone that can do something. The bulk stops at the table of the President. It is the President that you are voting for. He decides what happens. Whether it’s a Muslim/Muslim or Christian/Christian, it should not matter to us in the South because we fought for this.
“I have no doubt that given the opportunity, from what he has done in Lagos, Asiwaju Tinubu will turn things around for the better,” he said.
The new Commissioners are Mr. Sowore Akinwumi Samson and Mr. Ologbese Adeboboye Joseph.
The governor charged the two new commissioners to shun distractions from members of their families, friends and political associates.
Akeredolu said he was excited to have personalities imbued with the requisite capacity for the advancement of the cause of good governance.
He admonished the new Commissioners to discharge their duties creditably, stressing that his administration will discourage, actively, all disgraceful acts which seek to shortchange the people.
The event was attended by the deputy governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa; members of the State Executive Council, led by the Secretary to the State Government, Princess Oladunni Odu; Chief Judge of the State, Justice Williams Akintoroye; APC State Chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin; the Kalasuwe of Apoiland, Oba Adejimola Amuseghan, among others.