Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
Former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki not to be afraid of impeachment threat if he has done well as the governor of the state.
He said this while speaking with journalists in Benin City, ahead of Saturday March 11th 2023 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
Oshiomhole added that the incoming Edo State House of Assembly members are keen in probing how Governor Godwin Obaseki spent public funds during his tenure in office before the end of his tenure in November 12, 2024.
The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said, “The purpose of the House of Assembly is to subject the Executive to legislative scrutiny.
“It is not for nothing that you spend millions, if not billions, maintaining a parliament.
According to him, most of the incoming Candidates of the Assembly are “hungry to ensure that the governor spends resources in a manner that captures the aspirations of their various constituents.
” Sacking the governor is not in their manifesto”.
He said that if Obaseki had performed well as Edo State Governor, then he should not be worried about the electorate voting against his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Of the number of people who are contesting, how many are new members who are seeking election for the first time and how many are old members who probably have been elected before?
“There is no truth in it unless the governor feels that he has committed so much atrocities that he is now afraid that he cannot stand the rigour of democratic governance.
“The purpose of the House of Assembly is to subject the Executive to legislative scrutiny.
“It is not for nothing that you spend millions, if not billions, maintaining a parliament”, Oshiomhole said.