The House adjusted the original capital expenditures of N85.595 billion to N84.474 billion, while the original recurrent expenditure of N73.617billion was also adjusted to N75.587 billion
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Ugbomoiko said that a parasite called mastdomys natalensis is the reservoir host of Lassa fever, a disease which he recalled recently claimed several lives in Ekpoma town and its environs in Edo State
He said: “I congratulate the good people of Edo State, and indeed the entire people of Nigeria for seeing yet another year. For us in Edo State, the outgoing year was generally peaceful and marked by growth in all sectors of the economic life of the state
He described the sack of 836 teachers by the state government as “tissues of lies”, adding that Oshiomhole was playing politics with the figure
A Government statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, said Mr Obazele was until his appointment the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports
“Having spent so much to build infrastructure, this is meant to create enabling environment for business to thrive
Speaking at the different commissioning points, the Ogba Market Road, Ogiesoba Road, Osuan Road (Vegetable Market Road) and Golf Course Road, now renamed Tom Ikimi Lane, Oshiomhole said Government will continue to do more even in the face of dwindling resources
The witnesses said that trouble started when some CDA members, who were loyal to the association’s vice chairman, allegedly tried to wrest power from the incumbent chairman
He said the revenue, which stood at N1.8 billion in 2012, dropped to N1.6 billion in 2013, adding that the reduction was due to the harmonisation and review of personal income tax
He said that only few were carried out by strangers such as armed robbers and people who met the girls on the way and took them to uncompleted buildings
Speaking while signing the law, the governor said government would do everything within its powers to ensure the safety of lives and property in the state
Several residents fled from the community because of the clash, while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed during the conflict
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen, who received the angry lawyers on behalf of the commissioner, promised to bring the perpetrators to book.
He advised the new leadership to carry on with the projects started by the former chairman. The Governor urged the Chairman to have the courage and strength of character to deliver the promises of good governance to all the wards and across the local government area
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
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
He said other weapons recovered from them were two horse magnum pump action guns, one English-made cut-to-size double barrel gun and 107 live cartridges
“His death is a great loss not only to his family, but also to the people of Edo State whom he served so devotedly culminating in his emergence as Deputy Senate President in the Third Republic
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
“Besides this, 20,000 children under the age of five are dying daily of hunger, a development, which puts enormous strain on natural resources and creates negative environmental impacts,” he said