‘You’re More Of An Emperor Than Nigerian Governors’ – Adams Oshiomhole to Obasanjo

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo is more deserving of being tagged an ’emperor’, than the state governors he recently described as ‘acting like emperors’.

The former president had recently unleashed heavy chaste on state governors, whom he said live like emperors and prevent the local governments from performing their statutory functions.

Governor Oshiomhole however, says he’s not among the governors being described by Obasanjo, whom he says may have been referring to those that served between 1999 and 2007 when he was Nigeria’s president.

The governor said Obasanjo projected attributes of an emperor during his tenures as military head of state and civilian president.

Speaking through the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Kassim Agbua, the governor said: “The former president was a member of the PDP until a few weeks to the general elections when he tore his membership card. He may be referring to PDP governors whom he presided over. He may have information about PDP governors whom he presided over that he wanted to share.”

“Our economic infrastructure is second to none in the history of this state. The PDP presided over this state for a period of ten years and they left a tale of woes, neglect and discredit infrastructure. Today we have converted that sorry state to a sweetened state by virtues of the economic infrastructure we have put in place.”

“It will be a wrong estimation for anybody to put Oshiomhole in the rank of those who are called emperors. We don’t own a private jet in this state. Others have and they don’t have the means to sustaining it. We don’t live an exorbitant lifestyle. The governor’s office is the same except that we renovated it to give it a facelift.”

“Go round and ask local government chairmen. Oshiomhole does not touch local government money. The directive he gave was that they should pay primary school teachers as a first line charge because of his commitment to education.”

“When there was an interregnum, he saved money for the local governments. Some got as much as N800m. They inherited it because Oshiomhole saved the money for elected chairmen.”