Ondo State Orders Students, Public Servants To Start Wearing Native Clothes

Ondo State Orders Students, Public Servants To Start Wearing Native Clothes

  • Students in Ondo state schools including private owned ones have been ordered to start wearing natives on Fridays
  • This is the position of the state government following a decision made at the state executive council
  • Going further, public servants in the state are now required to also put on native attires during the particular day

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The Ondo state government under the leadership of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has ordered students in both public and private schools to wear native attires on Fridays.

Legit.ng exclusively gathered that this decision was reached during a meeting of the excos on Monday, October 17.

Ondo state orders students to wear natives
Students in Ondo state have been ordered to start wearing natives on Fridays. Photo credit: Richard Olatunde
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Also, public servants in the state have also been mandated to wear natives on Friday.

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Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the All Progress Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state as the Zonal Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in the southwest.

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The appointment of Akeredolu who is also the chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum was disclosed in a statement made available to journalists by the chief press secretary to the governor, Richard Olatunde, on Monday, September 19.

The letter reads in part:

“By way of this letter, we are pleased to formally convey your appointment as the Zonal Campaign Cordinator (South West) of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. This appointment is fitting and appropriate given your impressive political achievement and the exemplary"

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Meanwhile, Governor Akeredolu, has said he would be fine if either Tinubu or Peter Obi wins the 2023 elections, as long as the presidency comes to the south.

The governor said there is an understanding to rotate the presidency between northern Nigeria and southern Nigeria since 1999.

Akeredolu added that religion is not an issue in the 2023 election, but other killing issues are restructuring and rotational presidency, among others.

Source: Legit.ng

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