The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s list of achievements in 20 months in office has been greeted with outrage by some residents of the state.
Aiyedatiwa in the list shared on WhatsApp platforms on Monday, August 25, 2025 mentioned the payment of salaries of workers, as well as pensions and gratuities to retirees as one of his achievements in office.
Thefrontrank reports that Aiyedatiwa was sworn in on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 as the Governor of the State following the death of his boss, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN.
Other achievements listed by Aiyedatiwa include the 7.8-km Akure-Oda road, Ijoka Road and Onyearugbulem/Shagari Fly-Over.
The governor also listed as his achievements “Launching of 1:1 textbook-to-learner ratio with distribution of books, tablets and sports equipment to elementary schools; and Inauguration of task force against land grabbing and forceful resale of land.”
The list captioned “Achievements of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa Since Inauguration On February 24, 2025”, was posted by Oladipupo Okunniga.
The WhatsApp message read: ACHIEVEMENTS OF GOVERNOR LUCKY ORIMISAN AIYEDATIWA SINCE INAUGURATION ON FEBRUARY 24, 2025:
- Distribution of utility vehicles to security agencies (second phase) and additional funding for security operations.
- Commissioning of Drug Warehouse in Akure.
- Payment of N633m for 23,000 secondary school students as WASSCE fees.
- Disbursement of grants to 1000 low-income women.
- Ondo recorded 82.6 percent in domestic debt reduction, highest in the country.
- Launching of 1:1 textbook-to-learner ratio with distribution of books, tablets and sports equipment to elementary schools
- Rehabilitation of 50 primary healthcare facilities across the state
- Employment of over 2,000 primary and secondary school teachers.
- Rehabilitation and reconstruction of selected 60km roads across the State.
- Flag-off of dualisation of Akure-Idanre Road
- Engagement of investors in agriculture and agribusiness, as well as training of 100 youths in agriculture
- Acquisition of 10,000 hectares of land for farming and development of food hubs
- Commissioning of about 20km roads across the three senatorial districts of the state.
- Flag-off of dualisation of Akungba-Ikare Road
- Flag-off of dualisation of Igbokoda-Okitipupa Road
- Completion and commissioning of Oda road dualisation project.
- Comnissioning of Youth Skills Development Centre in Akure and commencement of training of 500 youths on ICT skills.
- Renovation of selected Primary and Secondary school buildings across the state.
- Dredging of canals and Clearing of waterways across the state to prevent flooding
- Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Rural Electrification Agency (REA) on improved power supply in the State
- Approval of N3.5b counterpart funding for RAAMP, World Bank rural road projects.
- Engagement and signing of MoUs with major investors on the establishment of petrochemical and fertilizer production plants in the State.
- Inauguration of task force against land grabbing and forceful resale of land.
- OTHERS: Ongoing projects moving towards completion include the Judiciary Complex in Akure, the Onyearugbulem – Irese flyover, Akure, dualization of Ijoka road and many other infrastructural projects.
- The administration has sustained the regular payment of salaries of workers, as well as pensions and gratuities to retirees.
Thefrontrank reports that Akeredolu had in August 2019 flagged off the construction of the 7.8km Akure-Oda road which was almost at the completion stage before his death.
Aiyedatiwa while inaugurating the Oda-Akure road on June 3, 2025, acknowledged the efforts of his predecessor, Akeredolu, who “initiated and flagged off the dualisation of the road.”
In February 2018, Akeredolu flagged off the dualisation of the Hospital/Ijoka road in Akure, which has since been abandoned by the state government.
Thefrontrank reports that in June 2023, Akeredolu’s administration commenced the construction of the Onyearugbulem/Shagari Fly-Over.
The Akeredolu’s administration had projected the completion of the project in 12 months, but abandoned immediately after his death.
A resident of Akure, the State capital, while reacting to the listed achievements, said: “This is a display of cluelessness in governance.”
“This is laughable to be honest. God help Ondo State,” said another resident.
Similarly, some residents described most of the achievements as vague, specifically without locations, with the sole purpose of deceiving the unsuspecting Sunshine State indigenes.
