Edo government not hindered by inherited debt – Obaseki aide

The Edo State Government has described as false and “fake news” insinuations making the rounds in the traditional and new media suggesting that the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration is hindered by huge inherited debt.

Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy to Edo State Governor, Crusoe Osagie, said in a statement, where he urged Edo people and residents and other stakeholders to disregard the fake report. 

He said: “Our attention has been drawn to publications with headline suggesting that the Obaseki government is hindered by huge inherited debts. 

“We want to unequivocally state that this report is completely false and none of the media outfits that published it can provide any proof what so ever, either by voice recording or signed statement, to show that Obaseki made this comment.

“The statement is not true and was never made, and advised Edo people and all Nigerians to completely disregard and discountenance the report as fake news and a mere fabrication with no basis whatsoever in fact.

“The report is the figment of the imagination of the individuals who published it. The publication goes a long way to show how much the noble