Edo Assembly Rejects Obaseki’s Request For Supplementary BudgetEdo Assembly Rejects Obaseki’s Request For Supplementary Budget

 Edo Assembly Rejects Obaseki’s Request For Supplementary BudgetEdo Assembly Rejects Obaseki’s Request For Supplementary Budget - Details Below.

The Edo State House of Assembly has turned down a request from the out-going Governor, Godwin Obaseki, for the approval of another supplementary budget barely two weeks to his exit, and the fourth since January, 2024. 

House, headed by the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku has approved three supplementary budgets since January 2024, with the third amounting to N450 billion on the eve of the September 21st governorship election.

The latest request, which was turned down on Monday, Obaseki noted, was for him to provide money for the in-coming Governor, Monday Okpebholo, to use in settling down to the business of governance.

However, Centre for Good Governance and Public Safety has described the supplementary budgets as fraudulent and abuse of power in a conspiracy between the legislature and executive arms of government.  

While calling on Obaseki to protect public properties from looters since he is still the Governor and Chief Executive of the State, the Centre challenged him to prove that he was not culpable in the looting of government properties by his agents.

The Centre, in a statement, said the increasing trend of public officers, including security agencies looting government properties when one government is transiting to another, has become a great concern to the nation’s democracy.

The statement signed by Solomon Igiehon, noted that public servants and politicians have continuously been looting government property in Edo State under the watch of Obaseki, who has consistently claimed that he is the Governor of the state until 12 November, when he hands over power to the Governor-Elect, Senator Okpebholo.