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3.5bn Loan: Edo LP Publicity Sec. Chides State Assembly, Says It’s Slight On The People
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Editor…LP Will Not Go Into ‘Reckless’ Borrowing If Elected Into Power – Uroupa
The Publicity Secretary of Labour Party in Edo State, Comrade Sam Oroupa, has said, if elected into power, government under his party would not be associated with “reckless and needles borrowing of loans.”
He made the assertion at the party secretariat in Benin city, while reacting to the recent 3.5bn loan approval granted to Governor Godwin Obaseki by the 7th Edo State House of Assembly during its valedictory session last week.
According to the image maker,
“Labour Party is a party with clearcut ideologies and policies of development, people oriented programs and blueprints tailored to bring about social justice, equity and an egalitarian society.
“Edo people can no longer afford to mortgage their future and collective destiny into the hands of a government that has sold them into slavery through reckless loans and borrowings.
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“Both the APC and PDP that have ruled the state have both left huge debt burden on the state.
“You will recall that this government originated from APC but only just crossed over to PDP and were the architect of the borrowings.
According to Comrade Oroupa, “the recent 3.5bn loan approval granted Godwin Obaseki by the out going rubber stamp 7th State Assembly during its valedictory session is a slight on the sensibility of Edo people.
He further added that the loan granted the governor was not necessary as he said it would not impact the lives of the people of Edo state.
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“The loan is nothing but a parting gift to friends and cronies to buy cars and landed properties at the expense of meaningful development for Edo people.
“The Peoples Democratic Party under governor Godwin Obaseki has plunged the state into serious and excruciating debt and the only way the state would come out clean and indebtedness is to do away with the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State and vote in a Labour Party governor come 2024 who is coming with people centric initiatives that would revamp the dwindling socio-economic and political fortunes of the state and also bridge the gap between the rich and the poor”.(Sic)
He further added: “The LP government in Edo State come 2024 will give maximum respect to the traditional institutions and recognize their place in community building.(sic)
You would recall that
the Hon Marcus Onobun-led 7th House of Assembly as against 24-house members ended its four-year legislative functions with the approval of the loan as requested by the state governor.
The 7th Edo State House of Assembly ended its plenary session on Thursday and the legislators approved the sum of N3.5 billion contract facility loan to Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The 7-member lawmakers also amended and passed the Pension Rights bill of the Governor and Deputy Governor Law, 2007.
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Leadership of the Edo State chapter of Labour Party says it has suspended Youth Leader of the party, Ken Omusi, over an alleged invasion of the party secretariat in Benin City on Thursday.
Omosi, alongside other youths were said to have invaded the party secretariat, sacked the the Kelly Ogbaloi-led State Working Committee and declared himself (Omosi) as the acting chairman of the party.
He further claimed that over the last three months, not less than 350 members had been suspended on the WhatsApp platform of the party by the state chairman without the backing of the party.
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While announcing the dissolution of the executives of the party, Omusi called on the national leadership of the party in Abuja to ratify their actions and resolutions.
But addressing newsmen in Benin, chairman of the party, Ogbaloi, while condemning the invasion by the Youth Leader, noted that Omusi has since been suspended for anti-party activities.
Ogbaloi added that the State Working Committee, in the spirit of brotherhood ahead of the governorship election, has lifted the suspension earlier slammed on some members.
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According to him, a reconciliation committee would be set up by the state executive to make peace with any of the aggrieved members before the election.
He, however, appealed to members of the party to leverage on the forthcoming new voter registration exercise to expand the voters base as well as ensure broader participation in the electoral process.
“A robust membership drive shall be launched to attract new members and reconcile with the disenchanted individuals who have legitimate grievances”, he added.
He equally urged all members of the party, as well eligible voters in the state, to rally behind the Labour Party’s governorship candidate, Barrister Olumide Akpata and his running mate, Prince Yusuf Asamah Kadiri, in the election
Politics
Rivers Crisis: Why Gov Fubura Got Into ‘Trouble’ – Secondus
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May 11, 2024By
EditorFormer National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said Rivers State Governor, Similaye Fubura, was being haunded by his political opponents for daring to prevent the looting of the state.
He explained that the political crisis in the state was orchestrated by those who demand unfettered access to the finances of the state a demand the governor has refused to accept.
Secondus who spoke in Abuja, on Saturday, also accused the immediate past Governor of the state and now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of being the brain behind Fubura’s political troubles.
He explained that Wike’s conduct, utterances and unrelenting fued with the governor, has cast the state in bad light.
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Secondus said, “Wike has been Governor for eight years and is now Minister of the FCT. As Minister, what, has he (Wike) attracted in terms of Federal projects to our dear State since he assumed office? Perhaps misery, grief, and anguish. As Governor he had supervised the exit of investors from the state due to his draconian policies.
“He had on an occasion mentioned that he is capable of causing crisis and he is not far from the truth, as he is causing an unfathomable crisis in Rivers State.
“Mrs Patience Jonathan and I worked for his emergence as governor, have we ever breathed down his neck? Instead what we get is disrespect and insults.
“ I can attest to Dr. Odili’s performance as Governor being the State PDP chairman then. I hasten to say without any fear of contradiction that he is the best governor of Rivers State in this dispensation.
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“Wike claims that our revered Dr. Odili made him but in his characteristic manner, he publicly ridiculed the Odili’s without any justification. He owes them an unreserved apology and he should do so publicly.
“These media attacks against the political leaders of Rivers State are unwarranted and diversionary.
“For the records you should account for the three hundred million dollars($300m) you collected from the NNPC for the Ogoni Oil well and the cash refund made by the Saipem oil and gas company and subsequently account for your eight-year tenure of over N4Trillion realized, mismanaged and squandered. Rather than trying to cover your inadequacies through media attacks.”
These attacks, he stressed, might dovetail into a national crisis if not properly checked.
While appealing to President Bola Tinubu to reign in the FCT minister, Secondus added, “I call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to prevail on the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to stop overheating the Rivers State political atmosphere and allow Fubara to work. Whatever Wike thinks he is It must be stressed that Rivers people made him.”
The Edo State chapter of Labour Party, LP, has named the party’s campaign council ahead of the governorship election slated for September 21st, 2024.
The state chairman of the party, Kelly Ogbaloi, disclosed this after a stakeholders’ meeting comprising members of the State Working Committee, senatorial, local government leaders and executives across the 18 local government areas of the state.
The meeting which was held at the party’s secretariat in Benin City on Saturday was also attended by governorship candidate of the party, Barrister Olumide Akpata and his running mate, Prince Yusuf Asamah Kadiri.
Ogbaloi said members of the campaign council would be inaugurated on Monday, May 13, 2024.
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He said the campaign council would be led by Reverend Sam Omede as the Director-General, with Dr Ehikioya Agboga as Deputy Director as well as deputy director general for Edo central senatorial district.
Other members of the council are Senator Ned Imasuen, representing Edo South senatorial district in the Senate, Hon Esosa Iyawe and Hon Murphy Osaro Omoruyi, representing Oredo and Egor/Ikpoba Okha federal constituencies, respectively, in the National Assembly.
“In preparation for the upcoming election, we have meticulously selected individuals of impeccable character to lead the State Campaign Council and local government campaign committees,” he said.
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