The Edo State House of Assembly on Monday in Benin City, passed into law, a ₦10,874,000,000 Supplementary Budget for year 2018 fiscal year, and not ‘₦160 extra budget’ billion as erroneously reported by some of Nigeria’s newspapers on Tuesday November 6, 2018. With the ₦10,874,000,000 supplementary budget passed into law by the Edo State Legislature, […]
Read More The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has launched the Edo Food and Agriculture Cluster, Ehor, (Edo-FAC), kick-starting a knowledge-driven food sufficiency plan, targeting over 3000 farmers in Ehor, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state, with the full complement of an agricultural training center in the area. Speaking at the launch of Edo-FAC, in […]
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Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, said his administration would spend ₦3 billion from its share of Paris Club fund on improving infrastructure in primary schools in the state. The governor said this at the graduation ceremony of 7000 primary school teachers in the state, who were trained on pedagogy under the Edo BEST […]
Read More The Edo state Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has hit an average record high of ₦2 billion monthly from ₦1.55 billion in 2016 when Governor Godwin Obaseki was sworn-in. The state IGR has been on a gradual increase from a paltry average of ₦306 million monthly. This recent increase from 2016 represents 25 percent growth. Also, […]
Read More The Edo State Government has said the modular refinery deal signed by Governor Godwin Obaseki and representatives of Peiyang Chemical Equipment Company in China has earned the state a chemical engineering programme. It said in a statement that the programme, to be domiciled in a university in the state, would be run in collaboration with […]
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Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that he was elected to serve the people of the state and not political leaders. Obaseki said this on Friday during the second anniversary thanksgiving of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Christian Prayer Contact Committee. He was represented by the Secretary to Edo State Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie. […]
Read More Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that under his watch, money meant for the development of the state will not be shared. Obaseki made the declaration at the Government House, in Benin City, the state capital, during the first-year anniversary celebration of the Edo State Task Force Against Human Trafficking. “All Edo State […]
Read More As part of efforts to integrate communities hosting Edo public schools in the ongoing reforms in the education sector, Governor Godwin Obaseki has ratified the training of Social Mobilisation Officers on community engagement and participation. Acting Chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Special Adviser to the governor on Basic Education, […]
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Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) says it has added a total of 1,694 distribution transformers to ensure power supply improvement in Edo state since the new management took over in 2013. The company which disclosed this in a Customer Information Update on Edo State, also added that power availability has also improved from two hours […]
Read More Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state had joined forces with the Federal Government and other partners to re-establish the country to its former position as the largest palm oil producing country in the world. Governor Obaseki stated this at a pre-AGM cocktail, which preceded the Annual General Meeting, AGM, of […]
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Edo State government and Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, have announced a ₦15 million reward for anyone who can provide information that can lead to the arrest of killers of 11 policemen in Abuja and Edo State. While Edo State government placed ₦10 mlilion bounty on the killers of four policemen in the Sabon-gida […]
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The Edo State Government has concluded plans to partner the Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the construction of an Emergency Ambulance Bay at Irrua, in Esan Central Local Government Area, Edo State. Speaking during a visit to the proposed site for the bay at Irrua, Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties, Mr. […]
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