Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has accused his predecessor in office, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, of reckless borrowing, resulting in the state’s huge debt profile.
Obaseki said this at the governorship debate organised by Channels Television, where the contestants tackled each other and enumerated what they would to better the lot of Edo citizenry, if elected in the September 19 poll.
This came as Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of All Progressives Congress, APC, said the governor had little or nothing on the ground after four years in office, besides increasing security vote.
He also accused the governor of appointing over 2,000 SSAs on social media and mistaking for job creation.
But Obaseki, said: “Let me make some points very clear. My predecessor in office borrowed recklessly and the Federal Government had to restructure all the debts that we have taken before I came into office.
“These included a whole series of bank borrowings; borrowing to pay salaries. So the Federal Government restructured outstanding obligations to Edo State to the tune of almost N30 billion.
“That was what was responsible for adding to the debt stock; not borrowings from this administration.”
“I have a simple agenda that I will work with. There is no way we can move forward without security. We will invest in infrastructures.”
