NEWSWho Will Give You Money When You Are Not Working? – Speaker Discloses Reason Shaibu’s Budget Was Slashed

 

The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Blessing Agbebaku, has opened up on the reason the allocation to the office of the Deputy Governor for the 2024 appropriation was slashed to about 345 million naira while that of the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Head of Service (HoS) and others were far higher.

Agbebaku disclosed that the responsibilities of the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, were distributed to other offices because of his gubernatorial aspirations.

The lawmaker explained that Governor Godwin Obaseki insisted that since Shaibu did not perform his responsibilities properly in the outgoing year due to his gubernatorial bid, most of his functions would be relocated to other offices.

Speaking to journalists on the development in his office, Agbebaku also dispelled rumours that there was disenchantment among some house members who were plotting to make the house not peaceful for him.

“We are talking about a year where the most part of it, almost 11 months will be on electioneering so how are you now going to function properly as a deputy governor? In his magnanimity, the governor has said, I don’t want to be a stumbling block on your ambition on your route to becoming governor. So you should have your time to pursue your ambition to fruition. So to that extent, he said okay, I’m not going to give you too much function. So if you’re not giving too much function, then not much money will be given to you.”