Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the nomination of four additional individuals for appointment into the State Executive Council. This latest round of nominations raises the total number of commissioners appointed and nominated so far to 26. The announcement was made in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Secretary to the State…
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday criticised Governor Monday Okpebholo for approving ₦2.5 billion for the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), a federal institution. Governor Okpebholo announced on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by the hospital’s newly appointed Chief Medical Director, Dr. Idia Ize-Iyamu, to the Government House…
Governor Okpebholo pledged during his campaign tour of several wards in Esan West Local Government Area (Iruekpen and Ekpoma) as part of activities ahead of the August 16 Edo Central Senatorial By-election. He announced that construction work on the 500-room hostel for the medical school at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, will begin in the coming…
Okpebholo, 54, secured 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 247,274 votes, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) who came a distant third in the race with 22,763 votes. Fourteen other candidates contested the seat but got less than the three frontline candidates. “That Okpebholo Monday…
