“N8 billion road project revised to N16 billion” – Okpebholo’s committee indicts Obaseki

The Edo State Assets Verification Committee, established by Governor Monday Okpebholo, says it has uncovered alarming details regarding the inflation of the contract sum for the reconstruction of the Benin-Abraka Road Phase 1C.

The committee claims that the contract, initially valued at N8 billion, was inflated to N16 billion under the previous administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki.