A Benin social-cultural group on Saturday called on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to immediately release the three-month Benin Traditional Council allocations he deliberately withholds…..CONTINUE READING...CONTINUE READING
Addressing journalists in Benin, Osaro Culture Iyamu also pleaded with the in- coming President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu , the Federal Ministry of Finance and, the Federal Ministry of Justice, to call Governor Obaseki to order and immediately release all the allocations due to the Benin Traditional Council.
He said in the last few months, the Governor had been slashing statutory allocations to Benin Traditional Council.
“We wish to quickly remind Governor Obaseki that he was elected to add value to lives and not to always cause division amongst Edo people and all money either locally generated or globally gotten, are owned by Edo people. So, Edo State money is not your own.
“It is no longer news that the inability of Governor Obaseki to take custody of our returned stolen Artefacts has made him to orchestrate several tactics to undermine everything that is connected to our revered Throne, Culture, Tradition, Custom and Heritage.
“His latest action due to his inability to take custody of our returned stolen Artefacts was obviously seen in the behaviours of some of the defiant Enigies, who were agitating for their own local government traditional council, as against our great Oba of Benin Kingdom consent, who is solely vested with the authority to grant such request.
“As sacrilegious and sad the aforementioned action of Governor Obaseki might be, some of the defiant Enigies have confessed to this barbaric and selfish action and while over 60 repented Enigies have come out openly to apologize to our great King and pledged their unalloyed loyalty to our revered Kingship/Throne.
“Thus, having failed in his plans to cause division within our well structure revered Throne/Kingship, Governor Obaseki has deliberately withheld three months allocations of Benin Traditional Council.”
