NOBEL Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, Friday in Benin City berated
the ongoing Good Governance tour being led by the Minister for
Information, Labaran Maku, describing it as a scam just as he commended
Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole for not subscribing to the tour.
Although he did not disclose the reason for his unannounced visit to the Benin Moat, The Guardian gathered that it may not be unconnected with the move to make the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) make the moat as a world heritage site.
Soyinka, who made an unannounced stop at the Oba Oguola Press Centre while inspecting the historical Benin moat on the fence of the NUJ secretariat, told anxious journalists who had attempted to ask of his mission in the state that he is “happy that Oshiomhole told the leader of the Good Governance tour, Labaran Maku to go to hell.”
Oshiohole had said: “The resources accruable to the state cannot afford to accommodate the expenses of hosting the Minister of Information and his Good Governance tour team.
“Why should I take Edo State tax payers’ money to finance a federal government project? I don’t need Abuja to help me tell Edo people what I am doing in the state. Any time the state’s officials go for official duty in Abuja, the state takes responsibility for their expenses. So I expect the federal government to finance its officials.”
Although he did not disclose the reason for his unannounced visit to the Benin Moat, The Guardian gathered that it may not be unconnected with the move to make the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) make the moat as a world heritage site.
Soyinka, who made an unannounced stop at the Oba Oguola Press Centre while inspecting the historical Benin moat on the fence of the NUJ secretariat, told anxious journalists who had attempted to ask of his mission in the state that he is “happy that Oshiomhole told the leader of the Good Governance tour, Labaran Maku to go to hell.”
Oshiohole had said: “The resources accruable to the state cannot afford to accommodate the expenses of hosting the Minister of Information and his Good Governance tour team.
“Why should I take Edo State tax payers’ money to finance a federal government project? I don’t need Abuja to help me tell Edo people what I am doing in the state. Any time the state’s officials go for official duty in Abuja, the state takes responsibility for their expenses. So I expect the federal government to finance its officials.”
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