Idahosa backs Obaseki’s probe of N30bn

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Chief Charles Idahosa, has advised a former governor; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, not to panic over moves by the Edo State government to probe the N30 billion Edo stormwater project.

Chief Idahosa, a former Commissioner for Information in the state, said he welcomed the decision by the governor to investigate the controversial project.

He said: “On the N30 billion stormwater project, this is a very strange development on the side of Adams Oshiomhole’s administration and the minister.

“As a sitting governor, you have a right to look into any issue that is not clear which Governor Obaseki is doing.

“I think the people involved in that project should exercise patience and let the governor do what he wants to do.

“I read the letter of the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, who supervised the project as the then Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability in the state.

“I also read the letter of APC in Edo State. I don’t think there is any need for them to panic.