Archive: May 2022

Across the developing world, access to affordable healthcare remains a huge challenge, even as different countries have devised different means to address the lingering challenges. With a growing population and insufficient medical facilities, Nigeria still grapples with providing adequate healthcare to its citizens. This reality and the commitment to engender […]

The Edo State Waste Management Board, an agency under the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability recently engaged in some cleanup activities at the Ibiwe and Lagos Street axis of Benin City. The team was led by the Commissioner in the Ministry, Mr. Jonathan Lawani, to desilt the drains in a […]

The governor met with the aspirants alongside party leaders and other Edo PDP officials, at the Government House, Benin City. Obaseki, who sued for unity and harmony among party members and leaders, expressed confidence that the party will come out victorious in the forthcoming general elections. He noted, “We have […]

The Edo State Government through the state’s skills development agency, EdoJobs has trained and graduated 26 youths on movie production and other related vocational skills. The five-day intensive training programme, aimed at creating a pool of skilled talents for job opportunities in the creative industry, was organized in partnership with […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has been commended for prioritizing the welfare of civil and public servants as well as pensioners in the state by ensuring the review of their welfare package to meet existing realities. Commending the governor, a pro development group, Esan Agenda, specifically hailed Obaseki […]

Worried by the indiscriminate manner some Edo residents flout environmental laws, the Edo State Government has commenced a monitoring exercise to check the ugly trend. The Government through a taskforce of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability was on April 22nd, 2022, at the Sokponba, Igun and Omoruyi axis of […]

The Edo State Government has called for support from stakeholders in the built environment sector to drive the implementation of the state’s master plan. Addressing journalists after a training session for indigenous master planners, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning, Urban and Regional Development, Mrs. Osaro Grace Aihie, said the […]

… to address grievances from adhoc delegates congress, Nat’l, State Assembly screenings A three-man appeal panel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, arrived in Benin City to address grievances arising from last Saturday’s congress held across the 192 wards in Edo State to elect 576 adhoc delegates ahead […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has affirmed the government’s zero tolerance for street begging, noting that the state will begin the arrest and prosecution of parents of out-of-school children, as part of efforts to tackle the menace of street begging in the state. Obaseki said this when he […]