There has been reports online that Edo State government hosted the
BBA winner, Dillish Matthews, last weekend. Well, here is a press statement
from the government denying the reports...
EDO STATE GOVERNMENT DID NOT HOST
BBA’S DILLISH.
Our attention has been drawn to a
news report in Daily Independent of Friday, October 25, 2013, where one Mr.
Eddie Iroh was quoted as expressing displeasure on a rumoured hosting of
Dillish, the winner of Big Brother Africa. In the said report, Eddie Iroh was
said to have “condemned the Governor for spending state’s funds so recklessly”.
The report added that “ the likes
of Governors Oshiomhole, Fashola and Dickson who are in the habit of dipping
their hands into public funds on such ventures should have known that in
civilized climes, such celebrations were funded from the Governors’pockets and
not public funds”. How libelous!
From the above, it is obvious that
Mr. Eddie Iroh is suffering from brain wave. First, it would have been a thing
of interest for Edo State Government to host the said BBA winner, Dillish, to
justify her well-advertised declaration in the BBA House that Edo State people
are very hospitable. That in itself was a global endorsement that is purely
priceless. Again, if Dillish would agree, as a BBA ambassador, Edo State
Government would be willing to host her in future to prove to cynics and
naysayers like Eddie Iroh that Edo State is indeed, not only hospitable, but
also a safe haven for those who intend to do legitimate business in the State.
It will be a departure from orchestrated and concocted stories often peddled by
jobless people like Eddie Iroh, who rather than devote their old age to reflect
on their absurdities when they called the shots, have now taken to the cyber
space for surfing cheap gossip, chit-chat and unfounded allegations.
To the best of our knowledge, Edo
State did not host Dillish in whatever material particular. This could be
verified from the Governor’s daily routines which are usually available for
public consumption and can be confirmed from the Protocol Department of the
Governor’s Office or Government House. Mr. Eddie Iroh’s comment is pure
hallucination. Eddie Iroh’s story is an open sore that is festered with several
incongruities, inanities, ambiguities and failing memory. He should provide
evidence to show that Governor Oshiomhole dips his hands into public funds to
host his private visitors or simply keep his mouth shut. We have gone past the
age of Eddie Iroh, an age of those men of yesterday, who abused public
institutions they presided over, to fest their nest at the expense of tax
payers’ money. In Edo State, we are not only accountable to the people; we have
also earned their respect and trust.
Signed
PRINCE KASSIM AFEGBU
SPECIAL ADVISER MEDIA & PUBLIC
AFFAIRS TO THE EDO STATE GOVERNOR
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