The sum of N160 million paid monthly payment to Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation programme Consultants, hired by former Governor Godwin Obaseki, has been stopped, while the funds have been redirected accordingly into investment in learning facilities across schools in Edo State.
The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua disclosed this on Sunday in a statement where he said Governor Monday Okpebholo also expanded funding for tertiary institutions.
While Ambrose Alli University, which previously received N41 million monthly, now gets N500 million, Edo University, Uzairue, formerly without State allocation, now receives N250 million monthly as subventions from the State government.
Afegbua explained that Okpebholo has confounded critics through an unprecedented rollout of development projects across the State, according to the Commissioner.
He said public conversation in Edo has shifted “from doubts about the Governor’s capacity to curiosity about how he is funding large-scale capital projects” currently underway in all three Senatorial Districts.
According to him, the Okpebholo administration is executing extensive programmes in school construction and rehabilitation, water supply, security infrastructure and agricultural support, projects he said were previously considered unattainable.
He added that, despite criticisms from opposition figures, “the results on ground speak for themselves.”
“They may complain for relevance, but they cannot fault the quality or scale of the projects,” Afegbua said.
On healthcare delivery, the Commissioner revealed that 60 new Primary Health Care Centres have been completed across the three Senatorial Districts, representing part of the 146 Primary Healthcare Centre, PHCs planned under the administration’s health sector upgrades.
“We are not only building PHCs; we are equipping them to function effectively,” he added.
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