Okpebholo has earlier ordered a probe of the state civil service recruitment under Obaseki between May and November 2024
By Kehinde Okeowo
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has constituted a 14-man state Assets Verification Committee to probe the administration of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki.
This was made known on Sunday via a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, in Benin, the Edo State capital.
According to him, the committee will be inaugurated on Tuesday, November 26, at the Government House in Benin City.
Itua listed the members to include: Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe- Chaiman, Anslem Ojezua- Deputy Chairman, Frank Edebor, Secretary, while Prince Kassim Afegbua, Patrick Ikhariale and Taiwo Akerele, are members.
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Other members are, Patrick Idiake, Rasaq Bello-Osagie, Fredrick Unopah, Mrs. Abdallah Eugenia, Patrick Obahiagbon, Kenny Okojie, Mrs Lyndsey Tes-Sorae and Abass Braimoh.
Okpebholo further said the committee became imperative to set the state on the path of development and accountable leadership.
“Despite repeated calls for a more holistic database of the Assets and Liabilities of the previous administration, the Godwin Obaseki-led government came up with very scanty and limited assets and liabilities of the state.
“In line with the governor’s campaign promise to ensure probity, accountability and transparency in government, and to deepen the governance process, committee made up of respected sons and daughters from Edo State has to be constituted,” the statement read.
Okpebholo in his inaugural speech on November 12 pledged that his administration would investigate the exclusion of 14 lawmakers from the State House of Assembly in 2019.
On Friday, the governor ordered a probe of the state civil service recruitment under Obaseki between May and November 2024.
