Former Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has denied leaving N600 billion debt for the state.
He was reacting to allegations by Commissioner for Information and Strategy Kassim Afegbua.
Besides the N600 billion debt allegations, Kassim said there were also many questions about legacy projects of Obaseki, especially Radisson Hotel and Museum for West African Arts (MOWAA).
But Obaseki, who spoke through his Media Adviser, Crusoe Osagie, said lies being spewed by the Governor Monday Okpebholo administration were giving the country a bad image.
He urged Governor Okpebholo to cross check with the Debt Management Office (DMO) on whether Edo drew a debt of N600 billion.
Obaseki noted that no government at whatever level, whether local government, state government or federal government, had the capacity to draw loans or enter into any debt arrangement without the knowledge and approval of the DMO.
He said certain statements from Edo State Government gave the impression that the state was being governed by people who didn’t understand what it meant to run a government.
Obaseki said the comments by Afegbua were false and out of place.
