Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, threatened to probe the N30 billion Benin storm water project by the previous administration in the state. He described the project as a ploy to defraud Edo people. The governor made the disclosure while inspecting the Textile Mill Road catchment of the project, in Benin City.
He added that the previous administration spent huge sums of money on the water storm project claiming that on completion, it would drain water from the area and restore the property of Edo people living in that area. He assured Edo people that his administration would do everything necessary to drain the area and restore life to the people, noting, “They spent N30 billion claiming that they want to take away the suffering of Edo people, de-flood the area and restore value to the people’s property.
Obaseki said they will have to explain to the people how they spent N30 billion on a project they claim will drain water from a community but the project drains the water to nowhere, citing their boldness to claim that the people abandoned the project which was never made or designed to work in the first place. Clearly, we will take the necessary precaution to recover all the money due to Edo people that was stolen through this project, he added.
