Samuel Alonge, Lagos

Enthused at the 60th birthday celebrations of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, the chairman, Board of Directors of Lagos Airport Hotel, Prince Oyeleye Fasua, has described the governor as a divine gift to the state.
Fasua passed the remark on Sunday at a media chat in Lagos, stressing that the positive impact of Aiyedatiwa’s peculiar style of administration was being felt all over the state.
“The emergence of Governor Aiyedatiwa in Ondo State over a year ago, and his overwhelming victory in the last governorship election signalled to us all that his leadership is a divine gift from the Almighty.
“Unequivocally too, Governor Aiyedatiwa has proved to the people of Ondo State and observers outside the state, that he is Governor to deliver the dividend of democracy, and not as a tour de force, or for mere jamboree,” he applauded.
Fasua, an indigene of Ondo State, also recalled various achievements of Governor Aiyedatiwa in only one year in office, saying, “This man surely means business.”
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 across the state.
“This is aside from setting aside over N2 billion as soft loan to be accessed by petty traders, artisans and struggling entrepreneurs, part of which was disbursed recently.”
Fasua similarly commended Aiyedatiwa for mobilising hitherto disgruntled road contractors back to sites, and for embarking on fresh road and other infrastructural projects spread across the 18 local government areas.