Edo PDP kicks against Obaseki N7 billion travel allowances

AGAINST the backdrop of harsh economic realities, the Edo state branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against the N7 billion travel allowances which Governor Godwin Obaseki to himself for fiscal 2019.

Speaking during a campaign rally at Idogbo, headquarters of Ikpoba-Okha local government area, the Edo state chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih noted that the government chose to legitimised corruption under the guise of attracting “foreign investors to the state”, notwithstanding the present harsh economic realities in the state.

Obaseki had last December 19 signed the sum of N183.7 billion 2019 Appropriation Bill passed by the Edo State House of Assembly into law.

Orbih said: “In this year alone, he (Obaseki) has provided N7 billion for foreign trips. His says he is looking for foreign investors to come to the state.

“He (Obaseki) has travelled to Malaysia and China looking for foreign investors and he came back with nothing. The governor is busy signing memorandum of understanding (MoU) everywhere.”

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The PDP Candidate for Edo South Senatorial district, Senator Matthew Urhoghide advised the party faithful to call the bluff of vote buyers and elect PDP Candidates in the 2019 general elections as well as defend their mandate to secure a future for themselves and their Children.

At Egor, headquarters of Egor local government area, the 2016 governorship candidate of the party in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, said PDP parades the best candidates in the 2019 general elections.

He accused Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of misleading President Muhammadu Buhari to commission the multi-billion Central Hospital, Benin which is yet to be put to use since November 2016.