***Unveils Outreach, Sports Festival and New Programmes
The Grassroots Movement for Tinubu (GMT) in Ondo State says its membership base is expanding with the inclusion of new leaders into its structures.
Speaking with journalists in Akure on Thursday, the State Director General of GMT, Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, announced the appointment of Otunba Tunde Monehin as the new coordinator for the Okitipupa Local Government chapter.
Monehin, popularly known as President Emeritus, is a former two-term Ondo State president of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).
A retired permanent secretary in the state civil service, he is widely respected as a technocrat, community leader, and grassroots mobiliser.
Yusuf-Ogunleye also confirmed the appointment of Pastor Ayo Babalola, a retired director in the Ministry of Lands and Housing and former Special Adviser on Lands and Infrastructure to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as a member of the GMT State Executive Council.
In addition, Chief Olugbenga Ale, an Owo-born technocrat, retired permanent secretary, and immediate past Chief of Staff to the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, was named to the GMT Advisory Council.
Chief Ale, popularly called Double Chief, also serves as the Baba Ijo of the Anglican Church, Owo.
“All the appointments take immediate effect. I congratulate the new members for joining us to add value to the GMT progressive family,” Yusuf-Ogunleye said.
He further disclosed that GMT’s grand finale medical outreach, tagged “Jingi Asiwaju”, will hold on Thursday, September 11, at Ikare Akoko, while the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sports Festival will kick off later in the month.
Both programmes, according to him, are sponsored by the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, whom he described as the sole financier of GMT in the state.
Yusuf-Ogunleye added that the Ondo State chapter will also participate in a one-day seminar being organised by the group’s national leadership on Saturday, September 6, 2025, in Lagos.
