Edo governor opens tasks to media scrutiny

Edo state governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, Tuesday, showcased main highway, flyover, city renewal and erosion management tasks executed by his administration throughout Edo South Senatorial District, as a part of actions marking his second 12 months anniversary.

The governor led editors and different media executives on an intensive inspection tour of accomplished and ongoing tasks in Benin City and its environs forward of his administration’s two- 12 months anniversary on November 12, 2026.

The tour provided the media stakeholders’ alternative to independently assess the size of infrastructure interventions undertaken by the administration inside its first two years.

Among the tasks inspected had been the Adesuwa Flyover on Sapele Road, Ikpoba Hill Flyover at Ramat Park, Sapele Road reconstruction, Catholic Charismatic Road off Upper Ekenwan Road, Ugbighoko, Ogheghe Road, Old Sapele Road, Temboga Road, Utteh Palace Road, Obaseki Road, Okpagha and the erosion management mission at Ekenwan Army Barracks.

Speaking on the Ekenwan Army Barracks erosion management web site, Okpebholo described the intervention as the primary main infrastructure mission initiated and accomplished by his administration inside its first few months.

He stated: “When we started, there was no road here because of the water. We had to create this pond so that all the water would be channeled into it. This was actually the first major project I started and completed within three to four months.”

While reacting to the tasks inspected, one of many editors, Deji Bademosi, expressed shock on the quantity of infrastructure work undertaken inside two years, describing the train as an eye-opener.