Probity: Edema gets legislative clean bill two days to annual vacation

Barely two days to August 20, 2015 when Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Hon. Matthew Mofe Edema is billed to proceed on a two-week annual vacation that will terminate September 9, the Legislative Arm of Warri South Local Government Council has passed a Vote of Confidence on the Chairman, giving him a clean bill of health in the area of budget implementation, environmental sanitation and management of Internally Generated Revenue, IGR.

The unanimous motion passed today, August 18 at the Council’s Legislative Chamber during plenary followed a report presented by the Deputy Leader of the House and Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Hon. Richard Pessu, after three weeks of thorough investigation on the administration of Hon. Mofe Edema.

Presenting the report, Hon. Richard Pessu explained that after investigation carried  out by  members of his committee in the Finance and Treasury as well as Environment departments of the Council and the management of Internally Generated Revenue, Hon. Edema was not found wanting, adding that “he followed  due process” in the administration of the local government  council. Hon. Pessu’s position was corroborated by a member of the Committee and Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Romeo Ogedegbe.

Fresh Angle International can also report that a letter notifying the House of a two-week annual vacation by Hon. Mofe Edema was read at the Floor of the House, wherein the council Boss noted that his Vice, Hon. Charlie Etsaghara will act on his behalf for the period of the leave and members of the House commended Hon. Edema for deeming it fit to formally notify them.

Warri South Chairman, Hon. Mofe Edema

The Warri South Legislative Arm also passed a motion calling on the Delta State government to give formal authority to the council to take over the running of Warri Main and Ugbuwangue Markets to enable the local government council increase her internally generated revenue base. The motion moved by Hon. Kingsley Tenumah was seconded by Hon. Richard Pessu.

The House also passed a resolution calling on DESOPADEC (as it were) to immediately extend its drainage  project in  Iyara area of Warri to cover Ilaje quarters also in Iyara and for the State government to come to the aide of residents of Ekurede Itsekiri, Warri, whose residence have been overtaken by flood.

A motion commending the State Ministry of Transport and FRSC for easing up traffic situation at Shaguolo by WRPC junction, was equally passed, while another motion calling on the Chairman of Warri South to set up a taskforce, comprising of security agencies to arrest and prosecute landlords as well as tenants of compound without sewage tanks was introduced by Hon. Richard Pessu and unanimously passed by the House.

Briefing the House earlier, Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Hon. Mofe Edema, disclosed that over N1million has been refunded to the council treasury as a result of audit of casual staff carried out by his administration, expressing optimism that the amount might swell to N3 million once the exercise is completed.

The Warri South Council Boss, while disclosing that audit would soon be carried out for regular staff  of the council to stop any form of ghost workers, enumerated his administration’s achievements in the area of peace and security as well as environmental sanitation despite the current paucity of fund.

Leader of Warri South Legislative Arm, Hon. Sunday Aguweye presided over today’s sitting.   

Deputy Leader, WSLA, Hon. Richard Pessu

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