By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City
A Socio Cultural Group, the EDO National Voice (ENV) has called On Governor Godwin Obaseki to urgently release the 3 months allocation due to the Benin Traditional Council without further delay.
The group in a statement signed by Iyamu Osaro Culture President, Comrade Collins Osaghae Amadin-Secretary General, Mr. Osahon Okoro Obaraye- Director of Operation and Strategy and Mr. Lolo Emmanuel Usoh, BOT Chairman said it is sad that for the past 3 months the Benin Traditional Council allocations have been withheld by the governor.
According to them, Governor Obaseki should know 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 own 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.
Adding that, “His latest action is 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 has 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 3 months allocations of Benin Traditional Council. In the last few months, he has been slashing statutory allocations to Benin Traditional Council. “
Therefore, we are calling on Governor Obaseki to immediately release the 3 Months Benin Traditional Council allocations he deliberately withheld.
We are all calling on the in- coming President, His Excellency, 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. “ they concluded.