The community of Ondo State indigenes in the Diaspora, yesterday, expressed delight at the concern shown for the less-privileged by the administration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, citing the governor’s recent disbursement of over N200 million as soft loan to artisans and other enterprise owners across the state.
The governor fulfilled the promise that he made a few months ago, last Wednesday, at a ceremony where he was represented by his deputy, Dr. Olayide Adelami in Akure, the state’s capital.
Reflecting on the import of such a gesture, the Diaspora Community, in a statement issued by its coordinator, Dare Aliu, remarked that the lump sum, disbursed to artisans and other down-the-cadre enterprise owners across the state, was a soothing balm that would lessen the hardship being currently experienced in their ranks.
“We are greatly impressed that we have in Ondo State, a governor with the milk of human kindness, as he has sufficiently demonstrated this through his series of masses-oriented programmes, since he assumed office, December, last year.
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“Many of us indigenes of Ondo State living in Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere in the world have been tracking the performance of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and are proud to say that he has exceeded our expectations through his achievements in public welfare, social infrastructure, and human empowerment,” Aliu applauded.
He added that Nigerians living abroad reckoned that blame should not be heaped on the federal government alone in the face of the country’s economic hardship, but that the state administrations should also be put to task, to undertake palliative measures and other welfare programmes to bring relief to the residents.
“This is where Governor Aiyedatiwa has proved to be exceptional if assessed since he became governor, following the death of his boss, the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, December last year.
“We have not forgotten that immediately he came on board, he cleared all backlogs of unpaid salaries, allowances, pensions, and gratuities, putting smiles on the faces of public workers and retirees alike.
“The governor in the wake of the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy, not only approved monthly payment of palliative allowance to civil servants but has also, till date been providing free bus shuttles for school children and civil servants across the