How Ondo is Gradually Transitioning to a State of Gloom under Akeredolu

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Ondo State boasts one of the brightest mottoes in Nigeria. Known as the Sunshine State, it relies on the generally sociable disposition of its natives as the origin of this byword. However, things are not looking very bright at the moment. Some comments suggest that the governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has allegedly cast a veil of gloominess across the state.

Change is not always a bad thing. But when change turns the smiles of ordinary people into frowns and scowls, something is wrong. This is the alleged outlook of Ondo citizens and residents, and this is believed to be the response to the condition of the state.

From the submissions of social media activists, Ondo has become a hodgepodge of infrastructural failure and mismanagement. Roads are damaged, traffic is affected, and the economy is gradually jerking and stagnating. Consequently, the people are reportedly gloomy, having grown weary of the state of things and believing that positive change is not an immediate reality.

When a ship leaves the ocean to travel on land, the captain is blamed. Thus, Governor Akeredolu is the person that commentators are looking to as responsible for the current state of things in Ondo. Two things are especially cropping up as the perceived root of the state’s underdevelopment: his long absence from governance and the political instability caused by his return.

Akeredolu’s absence from governance can only be blamed on his infirmity. It is on record that Ondo citizens prayed that he would recover his health, and he did. However, his return after a necessary hiatus from governance has greatly affected the political quasi-stability in the state, allegedly worsening it greatly.

With Akeredolu’s deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at risk of being impeached, and Akeredolu involved in this, it is believed that the governor has no time for governance. As a consequence, commentators acknowledge the governor as chiefly responsible for the gloom in Ondo.