APC Uncover Plans By Gov Obaseki To Cause Dissatisfaction In Edo, Scuttle Okpebholo’s Govt, Says Tenebe

By Our REPORTER

The Acting Chairman of Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC),
Emperor Khalifa Jarret Tenebe has alleged that the outgoing governor of the State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has implemented and still planning to implement at the twilight of his government.

In a press statement made available to newsmen today Emperor Tenebe stated, “our party the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been inaudated with reports of last minute decisions taken by the outgoing administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki.”

The statement further added that, “We have investigated all the reports and our findings affirmed the terrible decisions Mr. Obaseki has implemented and still planning to implement at the twilight of his government.

“Of note is his unilateral decision to convert hundreds of his former political aides and others who were his personal staff in Afrinvest Company, into the Edo State Civil Service.

“In doing so, Mr. Obaseki discountenanced the established statutory requirement for civil service rule by refusing to declare vacancy and usurping the role of Edo State Civil Service Commission.

“In the light of these worrisome discoveries, we hereby put Edo people on notice, that Obaseki’s decision to fill the State Civil Service workforce with his cronnies is a violation of the his oath of office and act of economic sabotage.

“Also in his manner to create industrial dispute for the incoming administration, Obaseki has empanelled a sinister body to workout a new minimum wage of N85,000 for workers in the state, despite the open fact that he has been unable to fully implement the N70,000 approved by the APC led Federal Government of Nigeria.

“The revelations that have emerged in the public knowledge from the ongoing investigation of key officers in Obaseki’s administration by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), points to the fact that Obaseki has mortgaged the state to his business partners.

“His hurried choreographed commissioning of uncompleted projects in Benin City is his attempt to justify the inflated contract sums and siphoning of the state resources through phony projects.

“Edo people must join hands at this critical time to save whatever is left of our Commonwealth.”