Windfall as Aiyedatiwa Set to Begin Naira Rain

Over the long years of human civilisation, Fortune has been accused of favouring all kinds of people. Until Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, came into power, the brave and the blind occupied the top positions of Fortune’s list. But his arrival has added a new category—the rash and inconsiderate. At least, that is the story on the streets.

Keyboard warriors and their online sect have started dragging Governor Aiyedatiwa over his recent decision to splash millions of naira in a venture deemed unreasonable and inconsiderate. Going by the number of people calling the governor unprintable names, Aiyedatiwa’s reputation has plunged further than the ocean floor.

Recently, news began to make the rounds that Aiyedatiwa intends to grease the hearts of several key legislative members in the Ondo State House of Assembly. The governor had allegedly decided to purchase luxurious vehicles for the Speaker of the Assembly and his happy deputy.

Needing to spend more than N200 million on this venture, Aiyedatiwa quickly attracted a tribulation of insults and curses on his greying head. People who got a copy of Ondo’s 2024 appropriation bill were quick to add fuel to the fire by pointing out other seemingly unnecessary expenses that Aiyedatiwa is set to execute.

Keep in mind that there are several other expenses like the car purchase for the Honourable Speaker and his deputy. Reportedly, Aiyedatiwa’s expenditure list includes a budget for other vehicles, laptops, video cameras, and more—all for the members of the House of Assembly and all very expensive.

Set against the alleged continued debt to pensioners in Ondo, Aiyedatiwa’s decisions have come under strong condemnation. After all, many of the things he intends to share came from the sweat of these pensioners. What is the governor’s justification for neglecting them?

Perhaps Aiyedatiwa is not convinced of the lesson of the brittleness and brevity of life, even though he saw it play out with his predecessor. Perhaps he knows and simply does not care.