Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has backed
the State House of Assembly’s suspension of the 18 elected local government
chairmen and their deputies.
Oshiomhole, now a senator
representing Edo North senatorial district in the National Assembly, gave the
backing to the House of Assembly’s decision while speaking to newsmen at his
residence in Iyamho, Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
Oshiomhole alleged that the council chairmen were paying
huge amounts to the immediate past Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki.
According to him, “people already know that there is a new
Sheriff in town. He is stopping all the bad guys and stopping the bleeding that
Edo was going through.
“It is not a secret that Local Government Councils were
paying huge amounts of money to his predecessor (Godwin Obaseki), and he says
‘stop’, not while I am here. We want the money to be used to develop the
localities.”
DAILY POST recalls that the Edo State House of Assembly had
on December 17, 2024, suspended the 18 Local government chairmen and their
deputies for two months for alleged insubordination and gross misconduct.
The council executives were suspended following a petition
to the House by the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo who accused the council
executives of refusing to submit financial account statements of their local
government to the state government.
Meanwhile, a statement by Fred Itua, the Chief Press
Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo and made available to newsmen on Friday
in Benin City, however, said the senator scored Governor Okpebholo high in his
first month in office.
He observed that Governor Okpebholo had within one month in
office set a new record in the history of governance in the State.
The two-time governor of the State who expressed
satisfaction with Governor Okpebholo’s pragmatic approach to governance, noted
that Edo people can now experience true and practical governance after eight
years of Obaseki’s rhetoric and MOUs.
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