Edo State Commissioner of Communication and Strategy, Prince Kaseem Afegbua has slammed, Dr. Samson Isibor over his call on Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo to resign for non-performance.
In a statement Friday in Benin City, Prince Afegbua accused Dr. Isibor of launching the unwarranted verbal attack against Senator Okpebholo in a desperate attempt at attracting attention so that the governor can reach out to him.
He said: “Isibor’s decision of trying to generate attention is self serving. He wants government to reach out to him, but Governor Okpebholo is not used to “chop-chop” politics.”
The commissioner labelled Dr. Isibor of being the perpetual chairman of an organisation that does not exist, noting that the CRPP is an amorphous organisation that could best be described as either a “jeun-jeun” organisation or “chop-chop” organisation in the past 18 years.
The Edo State Government spokesman said that instead of getting serious with political participation in a manner that would define inclusion, Dr. Isibor has personalized the organisation for selfish reasons in order to perpetuate himself in power till eternity.
Prince Afegbua added: “He’s one of the problems of sit-tight democracy, defined within the labyrinth of parochialism.”
He faulted the CRPP boss over charges of non-performance against the state government, noting that Governor Okpebholo “has been upbeat with development and interventionistic initiatives” that have placed Edo amongst the best developing states in Nigeria.
He said that the governor has turned Edo State to a construction site with critical infrastructure taking the centre stage of the Heart Beat of the Nation state’s developmental effort.
Prince Afegbua noted that the state government is building roads, hospitals, schools, human capital development, and recruiting new civil servants, teachers and helping market women with interest free loans.
He continued: “We have introduced bursary awards, after such a long interregnum. We have revived Ambrose Alli University, injected funds into Edo University, Iyamho, built road networks around Usen Polytechnic, paid outstanding salaries and arrears of lecturers of Ekiadolor College of Education, and several other solutions we have provided to the inherited challenges facing the state.
“We have invested hugely in security and supplied over one hundred Toyota Hilux Sport Utility vehicles to the police and security agencies. We are investing in the economy of Edo State.”
