Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has said that the Good Governance Tour Team led by Information Minister Labaran Maku, should not expect the state’s cooperation as he was not willing to spend the state’s limited resources on tour.
The team has been on inspection of projects in states across the South-east and South-south zone and is scheduled to visit Edo next week.
Oshiomhole who spoke at a seminar on Tax Laws organised by Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, recalled that the Good Governance team forwarded a proposal to the state government, asking it to provide accommodation, feeding and logistics for over 120 delegates that would be on the trip.
He described the proposal as “bogus”, saying he was not ready to foot the bill of such trip.
“Whenever Edo State government officials travel to Abuja for official duties, the state takes responsibility and not the Federal Government.
“So, it is not proper to use Edo State’s tax payers’ money to finance a Federal Government programme. If they pay me a courtesy visit, I will receive them, but I don’t have a dime to spend on them because I do not need them to come to tell Edo people how I built roads and schools. My achievement speaks for me,” he said.
He explained that he had opposed the proposal for state governments to sponsor the team, when the matter came up at the Governor’s Forum.
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