{"id":196468,"date":"2026-03-01T11:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/mass-resignation-gov-aiyedatiwa-not-most-useless-governor-in-nigeria-akinrinlola"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:36:59","slug":"mass-resignation-gov-aiyedatiwa-not-most-useless-governor-in-nigeria-akinrinlola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mass-resignation-gov-aiyedatiwa-not-most-useless-governor-in-nigeria-akinrinlola","title":{"rendered":"Mass resignation: Gov Aiyedatiwa not most useless governor in Nigeria \u2014 Akinrinlola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular journalist, Pastor Olumide Akinrinlola has dismissed claims that Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is allegedly the most \u2018useless governor in Nigeria\u2019 amid the mass resignation of the governor\u2019s aides.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that Aiyedatiwa\u2019s senior special assistant on diaspora matters, Fola Olasehinde-Vicente, in a viral letter, tendered her resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, two media aides to the governor, Olugbenga Abire and Taiwo Ilesanmi Gbamila, resigned.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the resignation, Iretidola Akinrowo Ojekhoa on Facebook raised eyebrows over the alarming trend of resignations among aides to Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.<\/p>\n<p>However, the situation escalated when Ayodele Ezekiel Ozugbakun, a bureau chief at Television Continental in Abuja, responded to Ojekhoa\u2019s post in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p>His remark referred to Governor Aiyedatiwa as \u201cthe most useless governor in Nigeria.\u201d The comment has since stirred controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Akinrinlola took to his verified Facebook and expressed his disapproval, stating, \u201cReferring to our state governor in Ondo as \u2018the most useless governor in Nigeria,\u2019 this is highly unprofessional behavior for someone in such a prominent position in media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I do criticize the governor and others to hold them accountable, I would never stoop to making unprofessional remarks like this. It is an insult to the office of Alagbaka and is entirely unacceptable. He should withdraw this statement and apologize immediately,\u201d he wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular journalist, Pastor Olumide Akinrinlola has dismissed claims that Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is allegedly the most \u2018useless governor in Nigeria\u2019 amid the mass resignation of the governor\u2019s aides. DAILY POST reports that Aiyedatiwa\u2019s senior special assistant on diaspora matters, Fola Olasehinde-Vicente, in a viral letter, tendered her resignation. 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