Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state expressed worry yesterday that states in the federation have been reduced to pathetic beggars.
Akeredolu addressed the Adeyemi federal university of Education in Ondo on the 59th-anniversary lecture, award, and endowment.
If the basic law was tinkered with to reposition the country to support the production of goods and services, the governor, who spoke through his special adviser on union matters and special duties, Mr. Dare Aragbaiye, said there would be no end to the people’s misery.
The existence of the 1999 constitution, as amended, was, akeredolu said, an experiment in audacious mendacity.
He also referred to the 1963 Republican constitution as a veritable blueprint for desired growth.
Akeredolu said while urging the incoming administration of Asiwaju bola tinubu to be brave to face the challenges headlong:
“The in-coming administration has its role clearly defined,” Akeredolu said. It is inheriting not only a heavy backlog of disaffection and complaints from the citizenry from all parts of the country; it has sold its campaign on the promise of a Renewed Hope.”
