Verify issues before commenting – Abiodun’s Aide Tells Critics

By Olusegun Folarin

The Chief Consultant on Media to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Mr Kayode Akinmade, has urged social commentators and other critical stakeholders to always cross check their facts before making comments on issues concerning the State.

Mr Akinmade was reacting to the allegation of local government allocation diversion levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun by former Ijebu East local government, Mr Wale Adedayo.

Describing the allegation as baseless, unfounded and mindless, the media aide to the governor noted that people’s comments on recent issues relating to the state were majorly based on vague understanding and incomplete information, resulting in blunders and fallacies.

Mr Akinmade who claimed that Mr Adedayo was being used by certain people to score cheap and covert political points against Governor Abiodun, said the former council chairman goofed when he alleged zero allocation to local governments in the state since he was elected in 2021.

According to him, local government workers, primary school teachers, and traditional rulers get their salaries regularly, while pensioners also receive their pensions as , and when due, which punctured the claim of zero allocation.