A 26-year-old Ngozi Ugochi-Igbo have been appointed as the Special Assistant on Gender, Research & Documentation to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.

This appointment have caused mixed feelings on indigenous people of Ondo State who feels they have not gotten enough to be shared. They says its shocking and a slap on their face.

With election close by, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu adopting the Seyi-Makinde-like move maybe all he needs to prove he is governor for all.

According to some of the residents who expressed shock and disappointment over the development, the appointment of Miss Ngozi Ugochi-Igbo was a slap on hard working indigenes of the state, as well as loyalists of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the State.

Her approval was authorised by the governor through Segun Ajiboye, the Chief Press Secretary on Sunday.

“I’ve never seen a thing like this. It seems the governor is now telling us to our faces that we don’t amount to nothing despite our commitments and loyalty to him.”

“I have never heard about name of this new appointee. She contributed nothing to the campaign. Now she is reaping from our sweat just because she is close to Betty. They are even saying that she is just her make-up artist. Can you just imagine,” he said.

Another resident, who simply gave his name as Kolade, “those that are defending her appointment really need to be checked, something must be definitely wrong with them.”

“The appointment is just a kind of ‘you sit here and be chopping money codedly’. I don’t really have issues with her though. The people I have issues with are those old men and youths, most especially those whose only daily job is to insult people who don’t see things their way, in the name of defending Aketi’s government.”

“Most of them have been doing this for more than two years now and not even a single appointment has been given to them. They are always here receiving insults here and there while defending the indefensible.”

“They need better orientation and prayers because it seems their own destiny doesn’t deserve good things aside defending rubbish and being insulted for it.”

Also, Stephen Tubosun said that “Imagine Arigidi /Iye ward one of Akoko North West Area of Ondo State where Akeredolu scored the highest number of votes in 2012 and 2016 governorship election has no single appointment from state level nor single project but he is busy sharing appointment to non indigenes.”

However, some residents of the state stressed that there was nothing wrong as regards the appointment.

According to them, competence should be the over-riding factor when it comes to appointment which they said that the governor must have seen.

According to Mary, she maintained that the wife of the governor should be seen as an Ondo State woman since she got married from the state hence her people are entitled to every other benefit that accrue to indigenes of the state.

“So, as an Ondo lady now, if my husband emerged as the governor of other state, my brother shouldn’t benefit from me?”

“If Mrs. Akeredolu should hail from Okitipupa, would they still condemn the action of the governor for appointing her relatives?”

“Wives don’t fall from heaven, they get families too and when you marry a woman, both families become one except you are a stingy man.”

On his part, Lulu Fawahinmi said, “it’s unfortunate that some people have stayed so long in a society within the west. In 2013, I was a young man working in Enugu as an errand boy. The Governor then, appointed me as an SA. Heaven didn’t come down. Stop being tribute. One Nigeria”.

Olowu Idowu Henry, says “ONDO: It’s very disheartening and embarrassing for Gov. Akeredolu to Appoints Igbo Female, Miss Ngozi Ugochi As his Special Assistant on Gender, Research and Documentation.
So, meaning we did not have any Qualified females who had suffered and labored for the state over the years? 😎”