A few days after their peace conference with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, members of the Ondo State House of Assembly will convene on Tuesday to talk about the state’s political landscape.
One of the main topics on the Assembly’s agenda for today’s plenary, according to a source in the Assembly who talked with Punch, is whether or not to designate Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the state deputy governor, as the acting governor in lieu of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who has been absent for a long time.
The source said, “The House plans to sit tomorrow (Tuesday) and Aiyedatiwa may be declared acting governor during the sitting. This is part of the outcome of the meeting with President Tinubu.”
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The Speaker of the House, Olamide Oladiji, when asked about the development said he was at a meeting.
He said, “I will let you know whether the meeting will be held tomorrow because we are at a meeting now; after the meeting, I will let you know.”
According to Anaedoonline.ng, in an effort to end the protracted political unrest in the state, President Tinubu met with the leaders of the Assembly and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state last Friday in Abuja.
After leaving the meeting with Tinubu, the Assembly announced that it had decided not to proceed with the deputy’s impeachment due to allegations of serious misbehaviour.
Aiyedatiwa further declared that he would bring all the parties involved with him and leave the past behind.
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Following his lengthy medical vacation in Germany, the governor returned to the country, sparking a dispute between Akeredolu and his deputy.
The lawmakers were split over the Assembly’s decision to impeach the deputy governor.
It was reported that all participants in the Friday meeting had decided to maintain the status quo, meaning that Akeredolu would continue to serve as governor, Aiyedatiwa as deputy governor, and no impeachment would go place.
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