Alexander Okere, BeninThe Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has faulted the 2018 budget signed into law by Governor Godwin Obaseki, describing it as a budget of “padding, duplication and deceit.”Obaseki had last Friday signed the budget estimate of N150bn, after it was considered and approved by the House of Assembly on December 21, 2017. Orbih accused the Obaseki administration of allegedly wasting funds on frivolous things, with 10 per cent of the budget allegedly devoted to the office of the governor. “If you look at the budget, the total amount passed and signed into law is N150.09bn. “So, we need to know what exactly Governor Obaseki is doing with this money,” Orbih added. “Hard as they (PDP) tried, they cannot say that Governor Obaseki allocated any sum to himself, his family or his political party, as is the stock in trade of the PDP.

Source: Punch January 04, 2018 23:15 UTC