Akeredolu Explains Why He Was Absent At APC Southwest Leaders’ meeting

The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has disclose the reason he was absent at Sunday’s meeting of the All Progressives Congress Southwest Leaders’ meeting in Lagos State.

Akeredolu who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde said his absence was not unconnected with lack of timeous communication.

He however supported the resolutions reached at the meeting, describing the parley as ‘commendable and timely.

According to the statement, “Governor Akeredolu would have loved to be present at the meeting for several reasons. Far more important, the issues distilled bordered on the Southern Governors’ Asaba Declaration. However, a slight mix-up and communication gap had caused his unintended absence even as an earlier engagement had been fixed for Ibadan weeks before the meeting.

“Nonetheless, the resolutions reached by the revered leaders at the Lagos meeting are quite commendable and timely; the issues discussed are germane, and are clear indications that men of goodwill are working together to solve the Nation’s current challenges.

“As one of the leaders of the APC in the Southwest, and more so that, he presided over the Asaba meeting of the Southern Governors, nothing could be more spirit-lifting than the outcome of the Lagos meeting on Sunday. He, therefore, endorses all the resolutions reached by the leaders who attended the meeting.”