OBASEKI CHOSEN ROAD TO POLITICAL GOLGOTHA!

OBASEKI CHOSEN ROAD TO POLITICAL GOLGOTHA!

By Agho Frank

GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki’s godson, Mr Asue Ighodalo has picked the People Democratic Party (PDP) membership card in his homestead, Ewohinmi, in Esan South East Location Government Area of Edo.

Sources told Trojan News Media Correspondent that PDP members in Asue Ighodalo’s Ward, Location Government Area and at the State levels frowned at the Governor’s new found love for godfatherism, a phrase he used to defeat former Governor Adams Oshiomhole by shouting “No godfatherism” in 2020 Governorship election in the state.

They also quarred the Governor for protecting his business partner who they said has been in charge of all the State Government’s businesses in the last seven years.

From the available statistics, Edo state has the highest MoU and PPP project, yet has one of the lowest FDI inflow in the country based on the CBN report.

But the government has telling Edo people “we are not spending our money for the refineries, seaport, etc, it is the private sector, but if we ask where is our money they would point to these things they claim are privately sponsored”.

It’s obvious when you link that, that we are not attracting foreign investors and that most of these fraudulent mega projects are being carried out by companies that had no prior history of capital projects that it is Edo money that has been recycled to come in as private investors.

Edo-Consultant-Sterling-Bank-Private-investor-PPP is the cycling of our state’s resources in disguise of Private sectors resources. That’s the reason Governor Godwin Obaseki want someone from this cycle to take over from him.

This is also buttresssed by our huge debt profile in nearly eight years from the DMO records. We’ve nearly tripled total state debt since 2000 in just his seven years tenure, yet no public infrastructure to show where it went. Internal debts have more than tripled while external debts have increased by 40%.

Where and how he spent this money can only be answered by him since by his own admission former Governor Adams Oshiomhole shared money and he has rightfully blocked that. Edo’s Internal Generated Revenue, IGR, has quadrupled under his watch and FG has given Edo State over N16 billion owed to his predecessor. Edo In Diaspora Solidarity Movement (EIDSOM) are asking, “where is our money?