Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has carpeted a book written by his former Commissioner for Transport, Orobosa Omo-Ojo, about his emergence as the state governor and his leadership style.
Oshiomhole stated that a thousand of sponsored books cannot stop the defeat of the People’s Democratic Party in the September 10 governorship election.
The book entitled, “Breach of Trust”-‘an eyewitness account of political events in Edo state before and under Adams Oshiomhole’s watch’, was unveiled last Sunday.
The author claimed that the sum of N14bn was spent to design a website tagged Edo Open Portal and that Governor Oshiomhole lost N500m to pursue vice president ambition.
Omo-Ojo had alleged that Oshiomhole granted Certificate of Occupancy waiver worth N1.08bn to Alhaji Aliko Dangote for the establishment of a fertilizer plant and that Oshiomhole failed to develop sound political ideology which made the APC less popular in the state.
He likened Oshiomhole’s administration to “mob government where everyone contributes to the affairs of the state without a clear direction of government policy.
“Working with Oshiomhole is like watching a circus show. There is never a boring moment. Either he amuses you with sheer energy to talk unending or you are amazed at his self-delusion as he speaks on every subject like an authority. The only way to reduce priceless time wasting during meetings is to allow a monologue. This practice led to poor project execution.”
Reacting to allegations raised in the book, the state governor said Omo-Ojo was sacked for gross incompetence and corrupt practices which it noted became visible when he (Omo-Ojo) took over the Ministry of Transport.
Oshiomhole in a statement signed by State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Kassim Afegbua, said the book was not only a product of poor scholarship with bad syntax but dominated with tautology, half-truths, outright lies and fictions all aimed at fulfilling the agenda of Omo-Ojo paymasters.
According to the statement, “He engaged all manners of persons into the state’s Traffic Management Agency who ended up giving the state government bad image following their indiscrimate arrests and harassment of motorists and road users, and extorting money from them to meet the target set by the Commissioner. Their sharp practices became so manifest that the Government had no option than to disband what was intended to be a wonderful initiative to maintain sanity on our roads.
“The fact that the former Commissioner admitted he was sacked for failure to divulge details of his discussions with chieftains of opposition party gave away his dual personality. Why did he wait until he was sacked before rushing to press to publish such a watery and badly written book laced with several incongruities and bad syntax?
“On the alleged N14billion expended on the Edo State website and open portal, nothing speaks of the mental delusion of this ex-Commissioner than this. How can any reasonable person with mental alertness make such a bogus allegation? Does that not sound like dubious tales from the moonlight?
“We are not only proud of our trail-blazing initiative with respect to e-governance, we are satisfied with the achievements we have recorded in that sector to promote transparency, accountability and probity in governance. It is only a dubious party like People’s Democratic Party and its bunch of economic predators that parade such “ingenuity” to plunder state resources without a whimper.
“Edo people have become more conscious of the dubious activities of PDP politicians who have perfected the art of mindless profligacy’ and are ready to speak with their thumbs against the PDP in the September 10election.”
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