EDO STATE INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUE INCREASES FROM N.3B TO N1.3B

-says Governor Oshiomhole 

Posted by Lateef Lawal

The  internally generated revenue in Edo state has increased from N300 million to about N1.3 billion, the Governor,Comrade Adams Oshiomhole , disclosed yesterday.
This development according to him  was a fall out of the strategy put in place to improve internally generated revenue for the heart beat state.
The governor made the disclosure while fielding question from reporters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on his way to Abuja for a meeting with his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde Raji Fashola.
He explained that Edo State has taken a cue from  Lagos State, on the many ways to improve its revenue generation in order to boost funds for the socio - economic development of the state.
The Edo Governor said : "We have made some progress in Edo State, these are the local revenue from about 300 million to about 1.3 billion in a month, we are still on it there is work in progress but we have made some progress.
That is a business for the federal government, it has been a federal government agenda over the years, you remember all our fight while I was in the NLC so it is a federal matter it is not for the state and so we will treat it as a federal issue. It is a federal issue it is not a federal of a foreign country it is a federal issue of Nigeria and whatever they do or fail to do or how they do it will have effect on the people there is no question about that."
The Edo Governor who said there is nothing unusual about efforts by states in the South to forge economic integration  through inter modal transportation, said : "
No, don’t mix this up, every states have its own internal transport challenges and the installation is not the same."
Comrade Oshiomhole further explained that the state government will continue to explore ways and means to improve the living standard of the people through people oriented policies.
On the agitation for fuel subsidy removal by governors articulated at the Governors Forum, Oshiomhole explained that it is a matter that resides with the Federal Government, which should be adequately addressed.