Edo Assembly Has No Rift With Governor Obaseki, He is Doing Well- Speaker

The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has said that there is no rift between Gov. Godwin Obaseki and lawmakers contrary to speculations in some quarters.

Agbebaku said this shortly after inspecting the ongoing renovation work at the Legislative Quarters in Benin.

Flanked by other lawmakers, he said: “I want to let you know that we are all working in harmony with the governor.

“The house has no problem with the governor. He is doing well,” he said.

Assessing the renovation of the legislative quarters, Agbebaku said that he was satisfied at the pace of work.

He said that the governor had just paid the second tranche of the contract to the contractor handling the project.

Before we came on board, the governor had awarded the contract.

“This legislative quarters is housing almost 30 blocks of housing units.

“It was awarded to four contractors and the job is going on smoothly.