Raimi Aminu, the Ondo State Commissioner for Housing, Lands, and Infrastructure, has resigned from his position.
In a letter dated December 28, 2023, he informed the Secretary of the State Government (SSG) of his resignation.
His resignation occurs just twenty-four hours after Lucky Aiyedatiwa was sworn in as the new governor of the Sunshine State and his principal, the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, passed away.
The commissioner stated that after Akeredolu’s death, his choice was guided by his conscience.
He said, “I write to tender my resignation of appointment as the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Lands and Housing with effect from today, 28’h December, 2023.
“This decision is anchored on my conscience, as my leader and dear boss, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, CON, joined the Saint Triumphant.
“I sincerely thank our dear Arakunrin and the good people of the State for the opportunity to serve in his cabinet as Senior Special Assistant on Lands & Infrastructure, Special Adviser on Lands, Works and Infrastructure and Commissioner for Infrastructure, Lands and Housing.”
It should be recalled that AAN TV reported the resignation of Akeredolu’s Chief Press Secretary Richard Olatunde and his SSA on Union Matters Dare Aragbaiye on Wednesday.
Akeredolu, the Sunshine State’s governor for a second term, passed away on Wednesday following a protracted illness of Prostate Cancer.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, December 28, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the new governor of Ondo state, paid a condolence visit to the family of his former boss, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan.
He gave the assurance that the late Governor’s legacy would not be diminished.
Along with members of the House of Assembly and State Executive Council, the governor was at his home in Jericho, Ibadan.
This is the governor’s first official tour outside of the state.
Speaking to reporters at the house, the Governor praised the late Akeredolu as a brave leader who never wavered and never took his people’s interests for granted.
Speaking, he declared that the late Akeredolu would live on in memory because of his tangible effects.
