Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu\u00a0 has\u00a0 dismissed Governor Olusegun Mimiko\u2019s achievements in the last three and a half years as cosmetic.<\/p>\n
He\u00a0 described as untrue the governor\u2019s claim that the state\u2019s tertiary institutions paid the least tuition fees in the Southwest and that its workers earned N22,000 minimum wage.<\/p>\n
In a statement in Akure, the state capital, Akeredolu said: \u201cFor us at ACO, this is another cheap propaganda by the drowning Labour Party (LP) to hoodwink Ondo State to vote for its candidate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen ACN governors reclaimed their mandates in Ekiti, Osun and later won in Ogun and Oyo states from the reactionary Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), what they did was to slash the high tuition fees imposed on the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor instance, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi slashed tuition fees by 75 per cent, irrespective of the course being pursued by the students. This has been applauded across the state. It is equally on record that Governor Rauf Aregbesola did the same in Osun State when he assumed office, apart from the massive infrastructures provided in the institutions. Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has promised not to increase tuition fees in Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cBesides, it is a notorious fact that while Mimiko was locked up in a battle of wit with Ondo State workers, the governors of ACN-controlled states had started paying minimum wage. It is, therefore, curious that a government that failed to pay N14,000 relativity salary could wake up to pay N22,000 minimum wage.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is on record, based on the pay slips of workers in Ondo State, that after deducting taxes, an average worker goes home with less than N14,000. Therefore, where is the payment of the so-called N22,000 minimum wage?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will also be interesting to note that the Mimiko administration has shortchanged teachers when he cleverly claimed that he had paid them the 27 per cent increment agreed with them, whereas he only paid two per cent of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow could Mimiko claim that his education sector is the best in the Southwest, with the collapse of primary and secondary schools, as a result of the poor condition of the structures of these schools?<\/p>\n
\u201cMimiko\u2019s government is yet to employ a single teacher in the last three and a half years. Infrastructure at the Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU), the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo (ROGIPO), among others, are begging for attention while the workers of both institutions have been protesting non-payment of their salaries and allowances in the last 28 months.<\/p>\n
\u201cMimiko claimed that ACN asked for his blueprint. Which one is he talking about? Is it the abandonment of N1.5 billion Doom-dome? Is it the inability to construct a single road, among others?<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State has been transforming the state, continuing where Asiwaju Bola Tinubu stopped. Even before he reclaimed his mandate, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole was on the same path. Where did Mimiko develop the so-called blueprint that ACN governors are asking for?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu\u00a0 has\u00a0 dismissed Governor Olusegun Mimiko\u2019s achievements in the last three and a half years as cosmetic. He\u00a0 described as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n