Coalition of Registered Political Parties(CRPP) Edo State Chapter has advised Governor Monday Okpebholo to be prudent on how he spends the state fund.
The advice came following his donation of ₦2.5b to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) recently.
According to the CRPP, “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 standards.
“They are begging for manpower, renovations and expansion. It does not concern the Federal Government, whereas the Federal Government have enough to give out, our state should not act like Father Christmas while our state is yearning for infrastructural developments.”
Going further in a statement by Dr. Samson Isibor, its Chairman, the CRPP asserted that “the state needs money to fight insecurity that 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 these money is pumped into the security sector, it will go along way to checkmate this marauders.
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“This is one of the reasons why Edo State is experiencing high cost of food prices for the populace. A state that is sourcing for money to execute projects now turns to Father Christmas. It is an error. The UBTH new CMD(Professor Idia Nibokun Ize-Iyamu) knows where to cry to 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.”
CRPP called on “the State House of Assembly to monitor the Governor’s spending whether the N2.5bn is in the 2025 budget, if not the Governor should be queried.”
