Crusoe Osagie, the Media aide to the immediate past Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has described Governor Monday Okpebholo’s decision to set up a fourteen-member State Assets Verification Committee to probe the administration of his predecessor as a smoke screen to mask what he described as his incompetence and unpreparedness for office.
Crusoe Osagie, in a statement, said the governor is bereft of ideas and lacks a clear vision to drive development in the state.
He claimed that Okpebholo is resorting to cheap political theatrics, using what he described as a circus of meaningless probes to distract from his lack of direction.
Osagie noted Okpebholo is acting as if the people of Edo State are an undiscerning mob and is now staging a spectacle similar to a gladiatorial duel in the Ancient Roman Colosseum, with a plan to deceive the people with such theatrics and diversionary probes.
The media aide said it is on record that the Obaseki administration achieved an unprecedented level of transparency in governance, laying a solid foundation for fiscal discipline, which was why it was able to accomplish the numerous milestones recorded across various sectors of the state, including the economy, education, agriculture, infrastructure, among others.
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He said that under Obaseki’s watch, the state developed its first asset register containing all the government’s assets, which has since been handed over to the new government.
Osagie therefore advised Governor Okpebholo to focus on governance and improving the lives of Edo people rather than waste state resources.
(Editor: Okechukwu Eze)
