Former Aide Accuses Betty Akeredolu Of Not Providing ‘Severance Package’ After Serving Her For 7 Years

Mrs. Betty Akeredolu’s former aide , Folasade Adu,  has accused the former Ondo state First Lady of not providing ‘severance package’ for her or at least showing interest in her future .

Folashade  claimed to have served Mrs. Betty Akeredolu for 7 years  after which she was left without any plan for her future.

Recall that Mrs. Betty Akeredolu had lost her position as First Lady of Ondo state following the sudden death of her husband, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu  on December 27,  2023.

Chief Rotimi Akeredolu served as governor of Ondo state between 2017 and 2023.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Adu in an interview with a reporter,  Mr  Olujimi Adekale, on Monday, April 22, 2024,  claimed that as Betty’s aide, she got N50,000  monthly as salary .

She however noted that for the seven years that she served as her aide, the sum of N5,100 was deducted  from her salary monthly .

‘I worked for Her Excellency (Mrs Betty Akeredolu) for more than seven years. When I was going, she did not give me anything. I worked with her for seven years as her makeup artist. I used to make her hair (when she was still making her hair) and do her pedicure.

I was paid N50,000 then, but  they usually collected  N5,000 for BRECAN. They would have even  deducted the N5,000 before paying the salary  They called it ‘give back to BRECAN’. Another N100 was also usually deducted as charges. So, it was N44,900 that usually gets to me as salary at the end of the month’ she said.

Folashade also explained what ‘give back to BRECAN’ stands for ;

‘That was how it was from the beginning. She (Betty Akeredolu) said we would give back 10% of our salary to BRECAN’ she said.

BRECAN is an acronym for the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, founded by Mrs. Akeredolu.

It is an organization that is galvanising action against breast cancer in Nigeria through public education, patient support, advocacy, and research.

BRECAN was founded in 1997 after Mrs Akeredolu’s experience with breast cancer.

Folashade  also disclosed that she did not get an encouraging response when she sought financial support from the former First Lady after her husband’s death.

 ‘She said she’s out of office, so there is no help that she can render.

I stopped working with her after the final burial of her husband (Rotimi Akeredolu). When I was to leave, her daughter asked me what I would be doing, and I sent her a business proposal of about N4m to reopen my studio.

Till now, they did not get back to me. I sent a text message to Betty Akeredolu that I needed help and that she was my last hope, that she should render help to me, but she said there was no help that she could render because she is now out of office.

I usually reach out to her to help me. She once told me that since I have a passport, she would take me out of the country, but till now, nothing’ Folashade, who claimed to own a studio before becoming Mrs. Betty’s aide , said she had since  lost all her customers .

‘I used to have a shop, but I’ve lost all my customers. So right now, I’m just at home doing nothing.

 There was nowhere she visited in Nigeria that I did not follow her. At times, I even worked as her Personal Assistant.

My husband is not doing anything for now. He was working before. The vehicle he was using as a taxi, we used it  for Akeredolu’s second term campaign, hoping that after the campaign, we would get something. Unfortunately, the vehicle got bad, and we had to sell it for N100,000.

I want the people of Ondo state to help me because for now, there is nothing. I have been thinking and crying every day. I need help to reopen my shop’ she added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you