The Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has asked Governor Monday Okpebholo to provide detailed explanations on the $250m agreement recently signed with the European African Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
The party’s Publicity Secretary, Daniel Osa-Ogbegie, said that the governor’s announcement had “become a source of embarrassment to Edo people,” saying that the opposition party would no longer allow opacity in the state’s fiscal dealings.
The party said that while it respected constituted authority, its allegiance remained with Edo people.
However, the Chief Press Secretary, to the governor, Fred Itua, says that the deal with EuroAfrica CCI—an umbrella body of chambers of commerce in 98 countries—is a framework for strategic investment in Edo over the next three to five years.