{"id":234330,"date":"2022-12-11T09:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T08:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=234330"},"modified":"2022-12-11T09:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T08:38:25","slug":"backing-obaseki-despite-warnings-was-a-mistake-oshiomhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/11\/backing-obaseki-despite-warnings-was-a-mistake-oshiomhole\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing Obaseki Despite Warnings Was A Mistake \u2013 Oshiomhole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/29\/adams-oshiomhole-reveals-why-he-joined-apc\/\">Adams Oshiomhole<\/a>, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the immediate governor of Edo State, has expressed regret for supporting Governor Godwin Obaseki as his successor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the APC&#8217;s Edo South Senatorial Campaign Flag-Off in Benin City, Oshiomhole stated that despite several warnings from political friends and associates, he supported his successor.<\/p>\n<p>The Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Organisation&#8217;s Deputy Director-General stated that he was attempting to correct the error he made but was not given the opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I don\u2019t want you to make any mistakes. I made my mistake in 2016; I tried to correct it in 2020, people didn\u2019t listen but today people are crying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>God knows Edo people have been nice to me and in history. I am the only governor in Edo who won elections in all the 18 local government areas, and the only governor who won the 77 wards in Edo South. I owe you the truth but you must take your decision.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Huge Debts<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier, Oshiomhole denied plunging Edo State into debt, emphasizing the importance of setting the record straight by asking those with opposing views to make their views public.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that when he became governor of South-South state, the monthly local revenue was N250 million, but after just one month in office, he was able to increase the monthly Internally Generated Revenue to N2.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oshiomhole said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Talking about money, I need to use this occasion to clear certain things.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have decided that what I owe Edo is to join forces to secure tomorrow and not to cry over yesterday because I can\u2019t bring it back and facts must be explained.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As governor of Edo State, the only local loan I took was bond, N25 billion, and we paid it over a period of seven years; that we conveniently repaid in December 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When we had a World Bank budget support of $221 million and they paid two tranches of $75 million when naira was N165 to a dollar, the third tranche of $75 million paid to my successor, and I am not going to mention any body\u2019s name, but it was paid to my successor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I did the Benin-Lagos roads and several federal roads with that money, but the good thing was that, after I left office, the money I used to build those roads \u2013 N18 billion \u2013 was refunded to my successor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When they are talking that I left Edo in debt, tell them to publish (it) in national newspapers; what was the level of domestic debt when I left office on November 12, 2016, and what is the level of domestic debt now.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams Oshiomhole, the former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the immediate governor of Edo State, has expressed regret for supporting Governor Godwin Obaseki as his successor. 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