L'EYIN AIYEDATIWA AKURE L'KAN SERIES 16
L'EYIN AIYEDATIWA AKURE L'KAN SERIES 16 Akure Exclusion from Governance: A Case of Governance Imbalance and Stifled Local Government—A Call to Right the Wrongs In Ondo State, where Akure stands as the pulsating heart—the state capital and economic nerve center—its repeated exclusion from key governance positions reeks of deliberate imbalance. This isn't mere oversight; it's a systemic stifling of local government that undermines equity, development, and the very fabric of representative democracy. From the days of military transitions to recent electoral cycles, Akure indigenes have been sidelined in the race for governor, leaving the capital's over 500,000 residents as spectators in their own state's leadership. Consider the pattern: Since Ondo State's creation in 1976, no substantive governor has hailed from Akure. The closest brush came with the brief interim of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko in 2009, but even that was transitional. Power has rotated among Akoko, ...