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Report by Eranga Isaac, Benin City Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved a 5% increase in the Consolidated Medical Salary Scale (CONMESS) of medical doctors in the state. The Governor made the announcement  Thursday  when he received the National Secretary General of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and Executives of the State Chapter of the union in Government House, Benin City. Making the pronouncement, Governor Oshiomhole said, “I believe wages and payment of wages is a right and not a privilege you dispense when you are comfortable and I want us to retain the best brains in our hospitals. I have argued in previous fora that our doctors are not inferior to any other doctor including those working for the Federal Government and therefore, there is ordinarily no reason why our doctors should earn N1 less than any other doctor of the same qualification in any other part of the country. “Having done my home work today, it doesn’t matter what the implications

Report by Eranga Isaac, Benin City Governor Adams Oshiomhole says Senator Dino Melaye only displayed his hollowness by delving into a matter as private as his marriage to his heartthrob. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Peter Okhiria, the Governor said “Our attention has been drawn to the unprovoked verbal assault launched by one Senator Dino Melaye on the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, while making a contribution on the floor of the Senate on the need to patronize made-in-Nigeria goods. As a “nephew” of the Governor and members of the same party, we expected Senator Melaye to tender an unreserved public apology   to the Comrade Governor, to no avail. It is an open secret that Senator Melaye cannot maintain a decent matrimonial home hence he could descend to this pedestrian level of using the hallowed chambers to “cargorise” women as if they were pieces of items for purchase. Any responsible individual that is truly worth to be called a Senator,

Report by Eranga Isaac, Benin City   Edo State has been described as a prime destination for foreign investors due to the business-friendly environment and basic infrastructure needed by investors. Managing Director of Yongxing Steel Company Limited, Mr. Zheng Changsheng ,   made this disclosure on Monday in Benin City when Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State undertook an inspection of the Company’s foundry at Ogua Community in the state capital. Mr. Zheng Changsheng commended the Edo State Government for providing the enabling environment for them to do business and contribute to the economy of the State. He said, “we are so grateful for this rare opportunity of your visit to our company and most importantly, for providing the enabling environment for our company to do business. Indeed, your visit is worthwhile and without mincing words, we are happy to associate with you and the good work you are doing in the development of Edo State. “Your Excellency sir, Yongxing St

Report by Eranga Isaac, Benin City Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says ongoing construction of the 87-kilometer road in  Orhionmwon Local Government Area will be completed and ready for commissioning in April, 2016, saying the road will open up several communities in the local government for rapid development. Speaking during the inspection of the Evboeghae-Ugo-Urhonigbe road with a bridge at Uromehe, linking about eighty communities in the Local Government Area, yesterday, Governor Oshiomhole said, “the important thing about this road is that before now, our people in Orhionmwon who had to pass through Delta State before accessing their communities now have direct road to their communities. Due to the old conditios, we were beginning to lose some of our communities to Delta State. People coming from Benin City had to go through Delta to come to their communities in Edo State. One implication of that is that Delta people were beginning to claim some of our communitie