Ondo 2012: Monarchs dump Akoko agenda for Mimiko

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

THE much talked about Akoko  agenda collapsed like  a pack of cards when traditional rulers from the four councils in the northern area of Ondo State disowned the proponent of the agenda.

Politicians, especially from the opposition parties, have been singing to high heavens that it is the turn of the northern part of the state to produce the next governor.

That the agenda could not fly was first noticed when the member representing Akoko Northwest/Akoko Northeast in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ganiyu Dauda, went on a tour of the four Akokoland councils on the need for Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s continuity in office.

It was during the meeting with monarchs from Akoko North West in Okeagbe-Akoko that the traditional rulers publicly disowned the agenda.

The Zaki of Arigidi-Akoko, Oba Yisa Olanipekun, who spoke on behalf of the traditional rulers in the local government during the tour, said the people of the area would not isolate themselves from other parts of the state by the rumoured Akoko agenda.

Oba Olanipekun, who did not hide his love for the governor performance in the last three years, said, “We are not aware of any Akoko agenda, nothing like that. Why should we isolate ourselves to prosecute a parochial agenda? If we want to achieve something in this state, it has to be within the framework of the entire state, we cannot be part of any parochial agenda; we are ready to work hand in hand with other parts of the state to ensure its development”.