The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a scathing attack on Edo state governor Adams Oshiomhole accusing him of mismanaging N1.4trn that was supposed to be used to develop the state.
This was contained in a statement prepared by Deji Adeyanju, Director of New Media for the PDP.
In the statement, the PDP accused Oshiomhole of mismanaging the funds as there is nothing to show in the state that there has been any development.
The statement said, “The Edo State govt has received more than N1.4tr as allocations from the Federation Accounts Allocations Committee (FAAC) in the 93 month tenure of Governor Adams Oshiomole so far.
“In addition to this, the Edo State government has increased its debt profile from N4.4bn at the inception of his tenure to N46, 289, 079, 475.93 (local) & $168,186,197.48 (external) as at 31/12/2016.
“The figure above does not include the N3.167bn bailout recently collected by the State govt or any debts taken in 2016.”
The statement accused Oshiomhole of doing nothing in the state as there was still massive flooding whenever there was rainfall ” despite the collection & supposed application of N30bn for the stormwater project. This is the stormwater project for which Adams Oshiomole supposedly paid N400m to a South African Company to design.”
The statement claimed that the lives of the people of Edo hadn’t gotten any better and that they were still suffering.
The statement claimed that APC’s candidate for the Governor’s spot, Godwin Obaseki, is also to be blamed for the waste and therefore should not be voted for.
The statement said, “It is the knowledge of this fact that drives the APC candidate, Godwin Obaseki, in his determination to avoid a debate with our candidate, @PastorIzeIyamu. APC is aware that a debate between the candidates will reveal the inept, chaotic approach to governance that the Oshiomole admin has brought to Edo State.
“As head of Adams Oshiomole’s economic team, Godwin Obaseki cannot be separated from the failures of the last 8 years. A vote for him would be a continuation of the very sort of failure that we must depart from.”
Finally, the PDP endorsed Pastor Ize Iyamu and urged people to go and vote for the PDP candidate.
Things are heating up for the coming elections which will take place on the 10th of September.