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As the inauguration of the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, for second term holds today, the state government has declared Wednesday as public holiday.
This was contained in statement by the state Head of Service, Mr Dare Aragbaye, on Tuesday.
The statement was titled, ‘Declaration of Wednesday, 24th of February, 202, as work free day in Ondo State.”
The statement read, “The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has declared Wednesday February 24, 2021, as work free day, being the inauguration day of Mr Governor for his second term in office .
“The accounting officers are to note the content of this circular and disseminate same to all the staff of their respective ministries, department and agencies.”
Unlike the 2017 ceremony attended by thousands of people at the Ondo State Sports Complex, fewer people will attend today’s ceremony, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to deputy-governor elect, Aiyedatiwa, who chaired the second-term inauguration committee, only 500 people are due to attend the event, scheduled for the International Culture and Event Center, Igbatoro Road, Akure.
Aiyedatiwa, told journalists in Akure last Friday that the inauguration and all the ancillary activities would be low-key, also due to the prevailing economic situation in the state.
Recall that Gov. Akeredolu was re-elected governor of the state on October 10, 2020, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
He defeated the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, and the current Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, who contested on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party.
As part of the second inaugural ceremony, President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, delivered a lecture on Nigeria’s federalism, which he called, because of its abnormality, as ‘fatherism.’
