The Edo State Government has expressed its displeasure over the recent press statement credited to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, on Governor Godwin Obaseki’s comments regarding the Federal Government’s handling of the resultant effects of fuel subsidy removal.
A statement by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, also described the claim that the Governor failed to attend the National Economic Council, NEC, meetings as blatantly false since the records are there to show that he has attended all NEC meetings since the onset of President Tinubu led administration.
Chris Nehikhare says the Federal Government wants to gag citizens and even a popularly elected Governor from speaking truth to power and expressing himself in the light of the perilous times the Country has fallen into.
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He noted that the action of the Minister is reminiscent of what happened in 2021 when Governor Obaseki raised the alarm over irregular and illegal printing of money by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Nehikhare reiterated that the records of Edo State Government’s exemplary performance are available for Nigerias to verify.
He says the area where the Minister may be referring to as non-performance in the State should be the condition of the extensive Federal Roads running through Edo, which they have abandoned and even prevented the State from intervening by claiming that contracts for their repairs have been awarded.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
