The Edo State bankruptcy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the one-year management of Governor Monday Okpebholo as a wasted alternative, marked by way of coverage paralysis and institutional regression.

DAILY POST reviews that the state chairman of the birthday celebration, Dr. Anthony Aziegbemi, said this at a press convention in Benin City titled, “One Year of Drift, Decline, and Deceit.”

Aziegbemi alleged that the one colourful division of the federal government is propaganda.

He claimed that fairly than construct, the federal government spent taxpayers’ cash attacking perceived enemies, Obaseki, the PDP, newshounds, and civic voices.

He, on the other hand, challenged the governor’s media staff to call 5 verifiable achievements within the closing 12 months of the management.

According to him, the day before today marked one complete yr of Governor Monday Okpebholo’s management, and the decision is apparent that it’s been a yr of wasted alternative, coverage paralysis, and institutional regression.

“While different states are consolidating reforms, using growth, and increasing development, Edo has tragically returned to the pre-Obaseki technology, an age outlined by way of lack of knowledge, propaganda, and prebendal politics.

“Benin City is sinking beneath grime. Streetlights are useless, roads are collapsing, and the once-structured infrastructure has been deserted for photo-ops and political ceremonies.

“In 12 months, Monday Okpebholo has taken Edo from the age of capital injection again to the age of bewilderment. But Edo persons are conscious, and historical past is not going to forgive this season of waste.

“While Godwin Obaseki can point to tangible and, most importantly, intangible assets that he invested in, Governor Okpebholo only awarded just flyovers to siphon funds, attended an economic summit in Glasgow, Scotland, without a dime coming into the state, and ordered commissioners to wear Asiwaju caps or be sent out of council meetings,” he mentioned.

Aziegbemi, who described the state executive’s 2025 finances as a copy-and-paste file with out assessment or accomplishment, alleged that the policy-making procedure within the state has degenerated into ceremonial photo-ops and church visits.

He additionally alleged that the state has been recaptured by way of exterior handlers, reversing the folk’s advancement over godfatherism, noting that this isn’t “democracy but political recolonisation.”

The PDP state chairman additional alleged that inside the length beneath assessment, traders’ self belief had collapsed whilst the state’s financial score had nosedived.

He mentioned whilst Governor Godwin Obaseki gained the sum of N154 billion in 10 months in 2024, Governor Okpebholo’s executive gained N236 billion, together with internally generated growth milestone, inside of the similar length.

He mentioned the PDP stays Edo’s most effective organised, policy-driven, and people-centred platform, noting that the persons are dedicated to the continuity of reforms, virtual governance, safety organization, and inclusive modernization.

Aziegbemi, on the other hand, known as on Edo voters, civil society, and the media to enroll in palms in restoring accomplishment, dignity, and modernization to governance.

Reacting, Prince Kassim Afegbua, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, described the PDP’s allegations as unfaithful.

Afegbua mentioned the PDP has since develop into a birthday celebration in extinction and is steeped in crass lack of knowledge about certain governance.

“We don’t seem to be pretenders like them or financial predators who pillaged Edo sources like famished baboons let unfastened into banana plantations. We are turning in on our guarantees and ensuring there’s worth for cash.

“From flyovers to road infrastructure, from school repairs to primary health care projects, Governor Okpebholo has turned Edo into a construction site. But the PDP and their coupon clippers, who are used to deceit and driven by propaganda, cannot rationalise good governance when they see one,” he added.