…..Akinmade Tells Aggrieved Aides of Amosun
Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Media and Strategy, Mr. Kayode Akinmade has advised the aggrieved Special Assistants in the Ibikunle Amosun administration to stop blaming the state government over unpaid severance allowances
In a statement last Monday, Akinmade said it was sheer blackmail and mischief for the former special assistants to be blaming Governor Dapo Abiodun for non-payment of their severance allowances, stressing that they should rather confront former Governor Amosun who, against the extant law and protocol of civil administration, paid all his political appointees before leaving office and left his special assistants out of the arrangement.
Akinmade urged the affected former political appointees to passionately appeal to Governor Abiodun for a possible redress on compassionate grounds, instead of blaming him for Amosun’s lapse..
The statement reads:
“It has been proven severally without any contradiction by stakeholders and political watchers alike in Ogun State, that the greatest distinction between former Governor Ibikunle Amosun and the incumbent, Prince Dapo Abiodun, is simply a penchant for vendetta by Amosun, while Abiodun is compassionate without animosity.
“It is therefore unbelievable that some former political appointees, under the auspices of former Special Assistants during Ibikunle Amosun’s administration, could accuse Governor Abiodun of non-payment of their severance allowances.
“It is obvious that these individuals are either playing to the gallery or being carelessly mischievous, knowing full well that Dapo Abiodun, by his nature, orientation and background, would never abuse power, irrespective of who or what is involved, a virtue he has demonstrated many times to the astonishment of many.
“The fact of the matter is that Ibikunle Amosun, at the point of his exit as the Governor of the State and upon recommendation by the then Secretary to the State Government, paid severance allowances to all his Commissioners, Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants, against protocol and extant law, and deliberately left his Special Assistants out of this arrangement.
“As it stands, the best this forum of Special Assistants can do is to call out their former boss for this horrible act of callous exclusion, and passionately appeal to Governor Dapo Abiodun for consideration on compassionate ground to graciously right the wrong of the ugly past.”