The Outgoing Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki regrets not being invited to the inauguration of his successor, Monday Okpeboro.
Obaseki said he was not consulted by the government in the preparations for Okpeboro’s inauguration scheduled for Tuesday.
Okpeboro of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the September 21 Edo State gubernatorial election.
The outgoing governor condemned the APC’s actions as lawless and stressed that the state government should monitor the inauguration program.
The governor spoke at the inauguration of the transition committee of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benin City. “Someone has to be sworn in. They’ve been sworn in to serve in the existing government.
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They don’t just come out of nowhere and create a government.
There’s already a government. There’s a way of doing things. “The Edo State government is going to appoint a new governor on Tuesday, but every poster you see right now shows that the Edo government is not involved.
“So it’s crazy how people act as if there are no laws in this country. Sometimes I just sit there and wonder.
“So they have an inauguration ceremony and I, the governor, know nothing. They were not even invited.
“So, they are essentially creating a whole new nation and a new government,” Obaseki said.
NEWSPAPER PLEDGE reported that the APC raised the alarm over Obaseki’s alleged conversion of his political appointees into full-time civil servants, six days before the end of his term.
APC Caretaker Committee member, Prince Kashim Afegbua, made the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Benin City last Wednesday.
The APC maintained that the political appointees to be converted into full-time civil servants are senior special assistants and special assistants. The party said 186 of these individuals will be appointed by the governor in September 2024, with the number of staff members to be further expanded.
He also claimed that the outgoing governor has just begun hiring an additional 152 staff members.