Why Governor Akeredolu Turned Ondo State A Family Affair—First Lady

<h4>Why Governor Akeredolu  turned Ondo State a family affair by appointing son as director general<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that overtime&comma; stakeholders have complained about the manner Rotimi Akeredolu has managed the affairs of Ondo State as a governor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Specifically&comma; lots of individuals have pick holes in his appointments&comma; which to them&comma; fall short of fairness and equity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The complaint heightened when some said that the Governor has turned governance to a family affair after he appointed his son&comma; Babajide Akeredolu&comma; as Director General of the Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit&comma; PPIMU&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Offering clarifications on the complaints in an interview earlier published in the Punch newspapers&comma; the governor’s wife and First Lady of the State&comma; Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu&comma; said betrayal partly necessitated the decision of her husband to resort to family lining to make critical appointments&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She maintained that her husband could trust to a fault but over the years many have betrayed him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;She cited the case of the former deputy governor&comma; Agboola Ajayi&comma; whom she said back stabbed her husband&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You know in politics you need someone you can trust&semi; someone that when you are moving in front&comma; he won’t stab you in the back&period; I am sure you heard about the issues with him and his former deputy&semi; a deputy that the governor trusted like a son&period; You tell Mr Governor&comma; do this&comma; he would say go to the deputy governor&comma; yet the deputy governor betrayed him&period; Once beaten is twice shy&comma;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Continuing&comma; Betty&comma; an Emeabiam in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State who is currently contesting Imo east senatorial district seat on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&comma; added that her husband’s choice for the son is in compliance with the persuasion to bequeath power to the youths&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t you if you heard about youth o’clock&quest; There has been that clamour for youths to come on board&period; And the governor has a son who has demonstrated in a very profound way his competence&semi; do you now leave him just to satisfy what&quest;” She asked rhetorically&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Akeredolu&comma; SAN&comma; who became president of the Nigerian Bar Association in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">2008<&sol;a> assumed office as Ondo State governor on February 24&comma; 2017 with an adopted prefix is &&num;8220&semi;Arakunrin&&num;8221&semi;&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;Aketi&&num;8221&semi; as nickname&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 65 years old Owo nationality and Senior Advocate of Nigeria&comma; SAN&comma; married Betty in1981&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;