Akeredolu Is Your Enemy, Mimiko Tells Ondo Voters At ZLP Camapign

Former Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has described his successor in office, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, as a disappointment to the people of the state.

Mimiko said Akeredolu cancelled all the people-oriented programmes introduced by his government, describing him as enemy of the people.

Mimiko said this on Saturday at Ile-Oluji in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government during the campaign tour of the Deputy Governor, Mr Alfred Agboola Ajayi, who is the governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party.

He said Akeredolu’s government was anti-people because of the cancellation of free health programne and the increase in tuition fees in tertiary institutions in the state.

Mimiko, who said he had worked with three governors before becoming governor for eight years, said Akeredolu’s government had failed the people of the state in all critical sectors affecting the well-being of the people.

He said, “There is no person that will say he has not performed. But how do we differentiate performance?. Any government that has not democratised education is a bad government.

“This government that hiked school fee is a bad government. Akeredolu’s government is an enemy of the people. Anybody that votes Akeredolu is selling his children’s future.

“Any government that does not make health free is your enemy. Akeredolu’s government is an enemy of the people by cancelling mother and child and free healthcare for children.

“Any time they come here to campaign for votes ask him, where are our shuttle buses? Where is our Abiye? The government that cancelled trauma centre is your enemy.”

Mimiko said the utterances of Akeredolu had clearly shown that he is not part of the state as he had vowed to go back to his base if not voted for.

Mimiko said, “This government has not performed, he is anti-people. Any Government that fails to democratize access to Education , Health and other essentials services to the people is not a good Government.”

The former governor lamented the failure of his successor to build on the successes recorded in the health and education sectors during his tenure as governor.

He questioned the need for the Akeredolu led administration to cancel free health services and free education in primary and secondary levels noting that any government that fails to prioritize education and health is anti-people.

The ZLP national leader also fumed at the cancellation of the Accident Emergency scheme which was established by his administration to reduce the number of deaths on express roads around ondo State.

He urged the people to vote out Akeredolu and vote in Agboola Ajayi and Gboye Adegbenro as governor and deputy governor on the platform of the ZLP.

In his remark, Ajayi said he had listened to the cries of the people and have offered himself as alternative to the misrule of Akeredolu.