By Ozioruva Aliu
BENIN CITY – THE Edo State Governor Senator Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday vowed to probe the former governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki who claimed he allegedly spent $10 million dollars claiming to have used it to revamp the Nigerian Observer Newspaper.
Governor Okpebholo disclosed this when he and top government functionaries of his administration embarked on an unscheduled visit to the premises where they could not gain access to the buildings where all the machines bought by the previous administration were kept.
The once vibrant newspaper organization was closed by the Obaseki-led administration to revamp it to ensure that it competes favourably with other national dailies.
Okpebholo said he was not happy as he was denied access to the facilities but promised to revisit the premises again to inspect the buildings and see for himself the machines said to have been bought.
According to the governor, “The former governor claimed to have used $10 million dollars to revamp the newspaper house just before the election. Everywhere is locked, I can’t even see a cleaner in the premises as those we met on ground are not those working there.
“I need to be here again and I need to inspect the buildings housing the equipment bought by the previous administration led by Godwin Obaseki. I will check inside the buildings myself to be sure that machines are there. I can’t really say for now if there are machines there because I couldn’t go inside. If the place is working people would have been here, especially considering the resources spent here.
“Edo people need to ask what happened to their money spent in revamping the Observer Newspaper. I am here as their governor to provide them the answers hence the visit to this organization became necessary.”.
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