Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has given the 18 local government council chairmen in the state, a 48- hour deadline to submit their council’s statements of account.
The governor directed the council chairmen to submit the account statements of their respective councils to the assets verification committee through the office of the secretary to the state government and should cover from September 4, 2023 till date.
Gov. Okpebholo said he would work closely with the chairmen from the 18 council areas for a better state at a meeting with the council chairmen at the Government House, Benin City, where he was represented by the state’s Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa.
“I have listened to you keenly, the ALGON chairman. The governor is a leader of all of us. Election has come and gone and we are all one family. The governor has asked me to assure you that we are one family.
“He has also asked me to tell you that we will work closely together. I guess you are aware that few weeks ago, the assets verification committee was constituted.
“Mr. Governor is committed to transparency and accountability in this government and that committee would not have the resources to go across the 18 local government areas of Edo State.
“The governor would want you to submit your statement of account from the 4th of September 2023 to date, to the assets verification committee within the next 48 hours, as that would help and enable the committee do its job effectively and efficiently.
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“The statement of account should be sent through the office of the secretary to the state government to assets verification committee,” he noted.
Earlier, the state Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) and Chairman of Orhionmwon Local Government Area, Newman Ugiagbe, who led the 18 local government chairmen on the courtesy visit, pledged their loyalty to Gov. Okpebholo and promised to collaborate with him to ensure that his administration succeeds.
“We are here to congratulate the governor and the deputy on the mandate Edo people gave them and we are here to pledge our loyalty to your administration. Our doors are open to your instructions, policies and programmes, as we are ready to bring your policies down to the grassroots to enable our people benefit from the dividends of democracy as we will work to ensure your administration succeeds,” Ugiagbe said.
