Monday Okpebholo, Governor of Edo State, has directed all newly sworn-in commissioners and particular advisers to put on the ‘Asiwaju’ cap to cupboard conferences.
The cap is emblazoned with an insignia of President Bola Tinubu. Asiwaju, which loosely interprets to forerunner in Yoruba, is the president’s sobriquet.
The governor warned that non-compliance would end in exclusion from government classes.
Talking throughout the inauguration of latest commissioners and members of varied state commissions on the New Competition Corridor in authorities home, on Tuesday, Okpebholo stated Tinubu made his victory within the November 2024 election attainable.
“In case you are sporting a conventional gown and also you come to the exco with out an Asiwaju cap, you’re going again,” Okpebholo stated.
The governor’s remarks, delivered amidst applause, have elicited backlash on social media, with many labelling the directive an “extreme show of political allegiance”.