The statement by Mohammed said: “The truth is that in proposing the conference, the government has no sincerity of purpose, does not believe in engaging in any dialogue with anyone but itself and has only used it to distract the attention of Nigerians from the total absence of governance and sense of direction by the Jonathan Administration
Browsing: Adams Oshiomhole
A statement signed by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Femi Okurounmu, said the committee took exception to the “unruly conduct” one of its members, identified as retired Colonel Tony Nyiam, who joined the crowd in shouting down the governor
Several residents fled from the community because of the clash, while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed during the conflict
The governor, in a media chat as part of activities to mark the nation’s 53rd Independence Anniversary, said many states are unable to pay salaries and meet other financial obligations and this may have serious security implications
In a statement signed by Oshiomhole’s Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria, Edo State will become the first state government in Nigeria and the first sub-national government in Africa to launch an Open Data Portal, joining over 200 governments worldwide that are currently pursuing Open Data
He said that the non-execution of convicted criminals in the last 15 to 20 years had not led to reduction in criminality in the state
In his Eid-el-Fitri message, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria, Comrade Oshiomhole said: “I rejoice with the Muslim Ummah as it has pleased Almighty Allah to see us through the Holy month of Ramadan
“The good news is that those who are not too old, who are capable of training, if we find that they are deficient and it is possible for them to benefit from training, we will give them training
The governor, who disclosed the health centres were illegally awarded by the Federal Government, said: “I want to use this opportunity to ask you to check in your respective local governments and give us a written report on the project, which the Federal Government purportedly executed on behalf of your local governments
According to the governor: “I remain convinced about the merit of paying teachers better than the rest of the civil servants, which was why Edo State was one of the first to implement the teachers Special Allowance of 27.5 per cent
He said that the revoked plots were those allotted to individuals and corporate organisations, which failed to utilise the land within the stipulated period
Speaking at a one-day seminar on the Role of the Public Complaints Commission in a Democratic Government in Nigeria, Oshiomhole said Nigeria, as a sovereign nation, has a right to define its own national values
“What we have been trying to do here is to try to find the courage to clean up the mess we inherited in Edo State and to see that we leave behind not just roads, schools and street lights and a school system that works but also institutionalised paperless government so that the level of manipulation can be minimised if not completely eradicated
Many questions beg for answer from Oshiomhole on his inner motives for placing a ban on motorbike in Benin Kingdom, when he has deliberately turned deaf ears to the criminal activities happening in his ancestral domain of Auchi
While declaring open the 2013 Law Week of the NBA, Benin Branch, on Monday, the governor said: “Recently, I watched the president of the NBA, saying in Yenogoa, Beyelsa State, that the Governors’ Forum should be discarded
The governor, who used the opportunity to dispel the insinuations by the opposition parties in the state that the fire could have been an attempt to conceal records of alleged missing State Universal Basic Education Board money, said it had nothing to do with the removal of the former Commissioner for Education or the sacking of the board
The governor, who announced the ban at the end of the State Security Council meeting, added that the ban would take effect from June 17
Briefing correspondents after the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo, Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State said the Council agreed that the states would buy the machines, but requested that INEC should give them a “discount of 25 per cent for the old machines and 10 per cent for the new ones
In a government Special Announcement signed by Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, the Secretary to the State Government, the governor approved the appointment of Washington Osifo as the new Commissioner for the Ministry of Secondary, Technical and Higher Education, subject to the confirmation by the state House of Assembly
Oshiomhole, who made the appeal at the ‘Global Conference on Citizen Engagement for Enhanced Development Impact’, organised by the World Bank in Washington DC, the United States of America, maintained that the challenges of governance are to strike a critical balance