Senator Monday Okpebholo, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 election in Edo State, has claimed that Governor Godwin Obaseki's administration has mismanaged state funds, alleging that the governor intends to utilize these funds for vote-buying in the upcoming election.
As per a Vanguard news article, Okpebholo voiced this assertion while addressing the issue of the N70,000 minimum wage hike in Edo State.
According to the report, Okpebholo said, "we know that the state government is keeping billions of naira to buy votes and prosecute the governorship election, where he intends to impose his political stooge on Edo people. Unfortunately for him, the people are wiser, especially the civil servants in the state."
Speaking further he stated that, "Civil servants deserve a better deal from the State Government and not a Greek gift to blackmail them to vote for a party that has failed the people of Edo State. There are no good schools, hospitals, roads or housing for civil servants. These are the real issues."