The Edo Circumstance Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has licensed the formation of a 14-member Circumstance Property Verification Committee to research the management of former Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The committee, which will likely be inaugurated on Tuesday, 26 November 2024, at Govt Space in Benin Town, will likely be chaired via Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe. Anslem Ojezua will grant as deputy chairman, presen Frank Edebor will work as secretary.
Alternative participants of the committee come with Kassim Afegbua, Patrick Ikhariale, Taiwo Akerele, Patrick Idiake, and Rasaq Bello-Osagie. Backup participants are Fredrick Unopah, Abdallah Eugenia, Patrick Obahiagbon, Kenny Okojie, Lyndsey Tes-Sorae, and Abass Braimoh.
In a observation issued on Sunday, the governor’s Press Secretary, Fred Itua, defined the aim of the committee.
He mentioned, “In furtherance of the governor’s initiative to i’m ready the situation at the trail of building and responsible management, the established order of a Circumstance Property Verification Committee has turn out to be crucial.
“In spite of repeated requires a complete database of the belongings and liabilities of the former management, the Godwin Obaseki-led govt equipped most effective scanty and restricted knowledge.
“In line with the governor’s campaign promise to ensure probity, accountability, and transparency in governance, a committee comprising respected sons and daughters of Edo State has been constituted.”
The observation additional famous that the committee could be inaugurated on the Competition Corridor, Govt Space, Benin Town, on Tuesday, 26 November 2024, at 1:00 pm urged.
Background at the probe
A PUNCH document on 20 November indicated that the Edo Circumstance govt would possibly foundation a probe into the former management next receiving studies from the everlasting secretaries of numerous ministries within the situation.
A central authority legitimate, who spoke on situation of anonymity, said that the governor was once nonetheless being briefed via the everlasting secretaries to evaluate the efficiency of the Obaseki-led management.
The legitimate mentioned, “The governor is reviewing studies from the everlasting secretaries of numerous ministries to guage the quick life govt. Those findings will decide whether or not to start up a probe and, if this is the case, the scope of the investigation.
“However, under this administration, the people and their interests will always come first,” the legitimate added.