BY OMO OMORAGBON
Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has sent a strong warning to would-be political office holders in his cabinet to stay away from corrupt practices as his administration would not hesitate to jail anyone caught in the web of corruption.
The government, he said would not tolerate any act of corruption as, according to him, the era of share the money is gone, replaced by a time to build, adding that Edo State government house is not a bank, but a place to serve the people and develop the state.
Obaseki gave the warning when All Progressive Congress (APC) Women leaders across the state paid him a solidarity and courtesy visit at the state house in Benin City on Monday.
He said his administration does not have money to give to anybody but rather the money is to be channeled towards working for the people of Edo state.
“I don’t have money to give to anybody, the money I have is to work for the people of the state,” Obaseki said, noting that he could create money, based on the experience he had acquired over the years as an investment banker.
According to him, he could organize sources of income, provided the people are ready to work, saying that his message to the people he would appoint into his cabinet is that “government house is not a bank, it is not where you come and make money but a place you come to serve the people.”
Obaseki said politics should be run differently from the way it used to be. He said it should not be that of sharing, but building and developing the state. The state, he said does not have money to share anymore. “Our politics should be that of building.”
Dr. Aisosa Amadasun who led the delegation to government house thanked the governor for receiving them and pledged that the women would continue to support the administration. She thanked the women for the role they played before, during and after the election.
“Women played key role in the electoral process that saw the governor emerged as the governor of the state. As a woman is the key component of building the home, so also is she in building the society.”
