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N2.5bn Donation to UBTH: Edo not father christmas – CRPP tells Gov Okpebholo

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As reactions continue to trail the N2.5 billion donation to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, by the Edo State Government, the Coalition of Registered Political Parties, CRPP, has urged the Governor Okpebholo not to be a Father Christmas to the Federal Government while the state is yearning for infrastructural developments.

Ekwutosblog reports that the state chairman of CRPP Dr Samson lsibor made the appeal in a statement released to newsmen on Friday, in Benin City.

Isibor who described the donation as uncalled for, also urged the governor to be prudent in spending and work alleviate the lamentations of the masses.

He urged the governor to judiciously preside over the utilisation of the state’s funds, opining that the management of UBTH knows where to cry to if they are short of funds to execute projects or expand the hospital.

“God bless our state that is yearning for the dividend of democracy not as Father Christmas. Our people are really suffering. The governor must be prudent in spending and work for the alleviation of the lamentations of the masses.

“The donation is uncalled for. It is unheard of for a State Governor to donate a huge sum of money to a Federal-owned hospital, whereas many of our state hospitals and primary health centres are not up to standard.

“They are begging for manpower, renovations and expansion. It does not concern the state government, whereas the Federal Government has enough to give out. Our state should not act like Father Christmas while our state is yearning for infrastructural developments.

“UBTH knows where to cry if they are short of funds to execute their projects or expand their hospital; the Federal Ministry of Health is there to fund its hospitals.

“The governor’s advisers should live up to expectations by giving quality advice to their boss, but it is another thing for the Governor to take the seamless advice.

“We are appealing to the Governor to spend our patrimony judiciously for the betterment of Edo people”, he said.

The CRPP chairman, called on the State House of Assembly to monitor the Governor’s spending to ascertain if the N2.5 billion is captured in the 2025 budget.

He said if not in the 2025 budget the House should query the Governor, positing that if the N2.5 billion is well utilized, it will create thousands of employment to youths, especially the unemployed graduates that are roaming the towns and villages thereby constituting security threats to the people.

Isibor advocated that one of the areas to generate employment is through the establishment of farm settlements like that of Ekiti State, stating that the settlements have not only brought down the high food prices in that state but that youths are now smiling to the banks.

He averred that the state needs money to fight insecurity, which is on the high side.

“Kidnappers have taken over our roads, while bandits and Fulani herdsmen are having a field day in our bushes. The farmers cannot access their farms. If part of this money is pumped into the security sector, it will go a long way to checkmate these marauders.

“This is one of the reasons why Edo State is experiencing high cost of food prices. A state that is seeking money to execute projects now turns to Father Christmas. It is an error”, he added.

 

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Olusegun Obasanjo’s Daughter Declares For Ogun Governorship, Joins APC

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Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared her intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Ogun State under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

She made the declaration during an interview with Nigerian football legend Segun Odegbami on 103.7FM Eagle7 Sports, on Saturday.

The former commissioner ruled out a return to the Senate, stating that her focus is firmly on the governorship race.

“So moving ahead, I’m not going to be Commissioner. Like I said, I’m not even going back to the same party because I think that’s old and I don’t see the use of it. And I’m not going to go back to the Senate,” she said.

“Like the American would say, there’s no need. And this is what I told my associates, when this all started. I said, the only thing I’ll come back to do is the governorship.

“And we have started that journey. We are going to see it through. And so that’s the journey I’m on. And we are very serious about it. I mean we are very dedicated to it.”

The politician also confirmed that she recently joined the APC, explaining that her return to active politics followed persistent calls from supporters.

“Like I told you, a group of people who I did not bring together, have been working, I think, for two years now. And then they started talking to me about a year ago, saying, ‘Look, we think you are the best candidate. We want you back,’” she added.

Her declaration sets the stage for what may become a keenly contested governorship race in Ogun State ahead of the 2027 elections.

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Nyesom Wike wishes de@th on any politician supporting ‘’betrayers’

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FCT Minister and former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, has said that any senator, House of Representatives Member, Minister, or governor who supports betrayers will suffer betrayal in their lives and that such person will join their creator when they experience their own betrayal.

Wike who is currently in a running battle with his godson and incumbent governor of Rivers state, Sim Fubara, said this while speaking at a public function in the state today February 6.

Speaking to the crowd at the public function, Wike said

‘’Wether you are a Senator, House of Reps member, a Minister or Governor, and you support betrayers, people will continue to betray you in life. You see people who betray and support them, betrayal is your portion! Betrayal is your portion! and that day you will not have mouth to say anything and there you will collapse and there you will go and they will announce such person has died because that is the seed you have planted because whatever you plant, you reap and so since you are sowing betrayal, betrayal will always follow you.

Watch! Every governor who is doing his second term and has ambition to put a successor and is supporting betrayals, you will never survive it. Betrayal will follow you. From the day your successor comes in. My own took so many months, your own will start immediately the person has been inaugurated. That is what the gods of the land have told me to tell all of you’’

 

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How Buhari shocked me 6 months into his administration – Oyegun

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Chairman, Policy Manifesto Committee of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, John Odigie-Oyegun, says former president Muhammadu Buhari gave him the shock of his life, six months into his administration as Nigeria’s leader.

Oyegun made this disclosure on Friday when he featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

He revealed that as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, he went to tell Buhari that he was not delivering his election promises to Nigerians but that the late president told him he would not rule with strictness, but rather wanted to show Nigerians that he is a true civilian president.

The former APC National Chairman lamented that it became business as usual, from there.

“I was national chairman of the APC. Six months or less into our assuming office, fairly alarmed, I went to the late President Buhari for a one-on-one talk. I said Mr President, this is not what the people were expecting. They wanted a bit of the old president Buhari.

“And he explained to me, Mr Chairman, I have learned my lesson. I was shocked. And don’t forget at that time, a lot of prominent Nigerians took their holidays abroad, just to be sure and see what this new sheriff in town will be.

“Buhari told me he wants to now show the people that he’s a true civilian president in Agbada. And by the time we finished the conversation, I said Oh God, we are finished. Because, if he’s not ready to be strict, what’s the point?

“Weeks later, months later, years later, I was proven correct. And of course, it became business as usual, only that they are a new set of tenants in Aso Rock. That was a shocker,” he said.

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