'New thinking, new actions coming in 2017,' Ondo Gov-elect tells civil servants

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January 2, 2017 5:22 AM

Akeredolu said civil servants and politicians in the state should be ready to make sacrifices as his govt works to make the state great again.

Rotimi Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor-elect, Chief

He said they should be ready to make sacrifices as his administration would work to make the state great again.

He stated this in his New Year message released by his media aide, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi.

Akeredolu promised to serve the people of Ondo to the best of his ability, adding that the new year will mark the beginning of new thinking and new actions in the state.

"We cannot be doing something the same way and expect a different result," he said.

He urged the people to back him as he puts in place a culture of integrity in public service, noting that the state has "stupendous natural endowments and abundant human resources waiting to be harnessed for the good of the state by selfless leadership."

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The Governor-elect, who emerged from the All Progressives Congress (APC), hailed President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption war, saying with such widespread clampdown on corruption in Nigeria, "there is no more hiding place for corrupt practices in the country and particularly in Ondo State."

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