Tasks residents on tax, MEGA agenda
Edo State Government has said it is relocating and not demolishing Central Hospital, Benin City.

In a statement, Commissioner for Communications and Orientation, Andrew Adaze Emwanta, said the hospital is being relocated to the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, contrary to false and malicious statement by the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) purporting the demolition of the hospital.

He said: “The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to a malicious and false statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, alleging that the government plans to demolish the Central Hospital in Benin City.

“The government is not demolishing but relocating the hospital. The Central Hospital has been in existence for over 100 years and most of the facilities are now very old and do not support modern-day medical service delivery.
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“The hospital is now being relocated to the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, which is being expanded and improved to deliver quality health services to Edo people, while the old Central Hospital will be transformed.

“The general public is, hereby, urged to disregard the propaganda by the opposition aimed at creating an issue where none exists.”
Also, the state government urged residents to support the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in realising the Making Edo Great Again (MEGA) Agenda by paying their taxes.

Emwanta who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, reassured that the government would continue all ongoing projects to improve living standards of the people and ensure economic prosperity for Edo State.

Restating the need for residents to pay taxes, Emwanta said government can only succeed when all parties – government and citizens – play their roles and fulfill obligations.

He said payment of taxes is the only sustainable source through which the government raises required funds and resources to finance development projects.

On his part, Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Comrade Josede Sede, harped on the need for massive support from the people, if the administration must meet with their demands.

Sede, who highlighted some of the infrastructural projects of the Obaseki-led administration, noted that the government is committed to making the state a developmental hub.
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