The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Property and Development Authority, Isoken Omo, disclosed this in a chat with journalists on Thursday at the Government House, Benin City.
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Christened: “Alaghodaro,” meaning “progress”, the three-day summit will bring together local and international business leaders and investors, bankers, financiers, industry experts, policymakers, the diplomatic community and the academia to explore Edo State’s rich potential across various sectors.
In a statement issued after an emergency Executive Council meeting held at the Government House in Benin City, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Paul Ohonbamu, said the downward review was occasioned by the sub-optimal performance of the nation’s macro-economic environment.
Obaseki disclosed this in Government House, Benin City on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists on the measures his administration has put in place to check the violent crimes in parts of the state.
The Guardian Newspaper of the United Kingdom in a recent feature on the story of cities, wrote of Europeans’ perception of Benin City and called it the “Great City of Benin” at a time when there was hardly any other place in Africa the Europeans acknowledged as a city. Indeed, they classified Benin City as “one of the most beautiful and best-planned cities in the world”.
He said: “Particularly painful is the fact that the people were only just setting out early in the morning in search of their daily bread when the unfortunate incident occurred.”
Obaseki, who made this known in Benin City on Saturday, was accompanied by other government officials to inspect schools in the Benin metropolis as part of measures to ascertain the level of sanity and orderliness during public examinations.
According to the governor, the privatization of the hospital will put it at par with the best hospitals in the world and will serve the healthcare needs of Nigerians who ordinarily would have travelled abroad for such services.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has appealed to royal fathers in the South-South to help check the menace of crude oil theft in the region.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has dismissed as ridiculous, the boast by President Goodluck Jonathan that his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will recover the State from the hands of APC during the 2015 general elections.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, September 26, 2014 arraigned Dandeson Ebosele Ibhonitie, 26, (a.k.a Dandy James, Connor Mead and Barrister Louis Harpoch and Charity, 31, before Justice E. F. Ikponmwen of Edo State High Court, Benin-City on a 3- count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
As part of efforts to streamline efforts to attract new foreign investors to Edo State, the state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has sworn in Mr. Dennis Idahosa as Commissioner for Investment, Public and Private Partnership with a charge to use his wealth of experience to attract investors to the state.
It is with great pleasure and pride that I welcome you to this presentation of the Budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year. First and foremost, permit me to thank Almighty God who has made it possible for me to stand before you and this distinguished House to present the Edo State Budget Proposal for the 2015 fiscal year