GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said there are enough resources in the country to meet the needs of the people, attributing the level of poverty in the land to the greed of some leaders over the years.
He also said the rapid development witnessed in the state took place within two years and three months of his administration as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-controlled House of Assembly frustrated his efforts to develop the state in his first year in office.
Speaking in Benin City while playing host to a joint delegation of traditional rulers and leaders from Ayuele, Anwain and Jagbe clans in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state, the governor said: “The development you witness in Edo State today is a product of two years, three months because in my first year, I had an assembly dominated by the PDP which blocked some of my development plans. I had N5billion to build schools, and they vetoed it. The budget was taken to Abuja to their godfather’s house and the provision for road was reduced by 50 per cent, making it meaningless to do serious work.
‘Also, our plan to acquire mass transit buses now called comrade buses was vetoed. So, all the roads, schools and others you see now are a result of the work done in two years, three months.”
He, however, admitted that a lot still needed to be done in the state. “We have not solved all the problems. We try to prioritise and we are determined that Edo State must regain its pride of place,” he noted, saying: “I can assure you, if given another term of four years, we will double and even triple what you see today.”
Spokesperson for the delegation, Alhaji Nehimetu Momodu, said the visit was to show appreciation to the Comrade Governor for his reform agenda which had addressed the years of misrule in the state.
He also said the rapid development witnessed in the state took place within two years and three months of his administration as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-controlled House of Assembly frustrated his efforts to develop the state in his first year in office.
Speaking in Benin City while playing host to a joint delegation of traditional rulers and leaders from Ayuele, Anwain and Jagbe clans in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state, the governor said: “The development you witness in Edo State today is a product of two years, three months because in my first year, I had an assembly dominated by the PDP which blocked some of my development plans. I had N5billion to build schools, and they vetoed it. The budget was taken to Abuja to their godfather’s house and the provision for road was reduced by 50 per cent, making it meaningless to do serious work.
‘Also, our plan to acquire mass transit buses now called comrade buses was vetoed. So, all the roads, schools and others you see now are a result of the work done in two years, three months.”
He, however, admitted that a lot still needed to be done in the state. “We have not solved all the problems. We try to prioritise and we are determined that Edo State must regain its pride of place,” he noted, saying: “I can assure you, if given another term of four years, we will double and even triple what you see today.”
Spokesperson for the delegation, Alhaji Nehimetu Momodu, said the visit was to show appreciation to the Comrade Governor for his reform agenda which had addressed the years of misrule in the state.
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