Commissioners List: Obaseki’s Show Of Shame Abysmally Nauseating – Etsako East APC

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has continued to proved Edo residents right in their assessment of his ingratitude and administrative ineptitude.

This is evident from his recent release of two advisers and 11 commissioners nominees which he sent to the state assembly for confirmation. Anyone conversant with governance in Edo State will not doubt that Gov. Obaseki is very far from the custom and traditions of nominating commissioners and Advisers into the cabinet.

The Publicity Secretary of Etsako East APC Comrade Emmanuel Abdulrasaq Idodoh in a telephone chat said, “Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State after one year into his second term in office is yet to know what to do properly in the governance of the state. He knows fully well that, Edo State with 18 Local Government Areas is always covered with a commissioner nominee each and yet he barely managed to cover some areas leaving others unrepresented”.

With the way Mr. Governor releases the commissioner’s list, it is obvious that all is not well with his government”.

“Criticisms trailed his commissioner’s nominees list and Obaseki knows is impervious to criticisms. He makes his government look a Benin affairs with all the key cabinet members selected from his constituency and cronies”. He ostracises his new political party PDP and its critical stakeholders from states affairs and makes the government looks like family business. He sits with one or two to make major decision and no one dares question his authority. Obaseki can best be described as the modern autocrat of the decade”.

“As far as we are concerned, Obaseki’s inability to release at a good list of commissioner nominees covering all the council areas of the state shows great ineptitude and maladministration.

In Edo North for example it is no longer rumour that, all isn’t well with him and his Deputy Comrade Philip Shaibu who even though, he is known to be very ruthless politically but have chosen to be very humane and soft with his Boss. We do hope that Gov Obaseki isn’t taking him for granted because of the humane disposition of his Deputy”.

” PDP isn’t finding things easy with Gov Obaseki as no directive coming from the party is ever taken serious by the governor. It seems from the way the governor is unilaterally doing things that he merely used the platform of PDP to win his second term in office after which he finds no authority in the party which he can respect as it is done in political party structure and organization. Only recently the South South Chairman of PDP Chief Osi Dan Orbih had serious altercation with the Governor wherein he positioned as thus “You can take the Government of Edo state while the structure of PDP in the state will be in our custody as party leaders and critical stakeholders”.

The above position stemmed from the none harmonization of old PDP members and those new members who came into the party with Gov Godwin Obaseki shortly before September 19th Governorship election of 2020 in Edo state.

Gov Obaseki appears to be very confused in the administration and governance of the state or very inept and ineffective as not to know what to do in the selection of cabinet members.

Obaseki working with the party structure and critical stakeholders will efficiently and effectively position his government than taken all decisions without recourse to any other authority. His action of commissioners nominee list which is hazy and lopsided is very nauseous.

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