GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has challenged Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, former Secretary to the State Government in the administration of Mr. Lucky Igbinedion, to render his account of stewardship as SSG, noting that he failed to use his office to impact on the people.
Oshiomhole threw the challenge when he received over 2,000 market women from the 18 local
government areas of the state who paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House, Benin City.
He said: “I defeated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in all the Wards and Local Governments in the last governorship election and that was due to the massive support from you market women. After the defeat, a man who claims to be a pastor, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, insisted on being imposed
“What effort did you make in bringing development to Edo people? Did you give your people electricity? Did you give them water? Did you give them good roads? How did you influence the government in bringing development to even your constituencies? Did you bring hospital to the people?
“Even as Secretary to the State Government, I requested to know from him how he impacted on the government. All the money that came from Abuja during his tenure as SSG, he was the first to receive. What did he do with it? How many markets did he build with it? Which erosion did he assist in controlling even at a time when erosion was a threat to the people of the state?
“Everywhere I go, people ask me, why did you always allow this man to be with you? Like you the market women have said in the morning, you see them as PDP, at night they become All Progressives Congress, APC, and how can you commit the resources of the state to such people?”
Oshiomhole regretted that some people were in politics and parade themselves as servants of God to deceive the people.
on Edo people as the governor. I refused and said to him, as former Chief of Staff to the State Government, what did you do?
