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Why Akeredolu Won’t Resign Over Health Challenge – Commissioner
Why Akeredolu Won’t Resign Over Health Challenge – Commissioner
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo State, Ms Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, clarified that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) will not resign due to his health challenge.
She emphasized that the governor is not incapacitated and continues to perform his duties, being in touch with cabinet members and attending to official matters.
Ademola-Olateju stated that the governor’s absence from social events like weddings is due to his focus on official responsibilities, and there is no need for him to resign from office.
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She noted, “The governor is not incapacitated, I still maintain that. He would have easily done the needful. The governor still gives approvals. No issue, other than the heightened political issues.”
Speaking further on why the State Executive Council hasn’t in line with Section 189 (1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution (As amended) declared the governor as incapable, she said the governor wasn’t incapacitated and the executive council had no such plan.
“Unless the governor is incapacitated, there is no reason to evaluate his health,” she added.
The section reads, “The governor or deputy governor of a state shall cease to hold office if (a) by a resolution passed by two-thirds majority of all members of the executive council of the State, it is declared that the governor or deputy governor is incapable of discharging the functions of his office.”
When asked why he had remained in Ibadan if truly he wasn’t incapacitated, the commissioner explained, “The governor is still recuperating having gone through a very bad illness. I can’t come here and lie – I know Nigerians are watching – that the governor can run and play tennis. That is not true.
“The governor is still recuperating. His psychomotor, affective and cognitive skills are still intact, but he’s not as strong as he was in the past.”
Asked about the nature of the governor’s illness, Ademola-Olateju stated, “It’s not a very good illness, I think it’s a somatic problem (related to the body, especially as distinct from the mind). He has lost some weight, and he once told us that after 40, nobody is well.”
She blamed the heightened political tension in the state on the ambition of the deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, while thanking the people of the state for their support for the governor and his administration.
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