Edo Assembly approves N.8bn houses for Oyegun, Igbinedion, Osunbor, Oshiomhole; N.4bn for their deputies

Four days after leaving the Government House, the Edo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, approved the construction of a N200 million house for former Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
Also to benefit in the largesse are former Governors John Odigie-Oyegun, Lucky Igbinedion and Oserheimen Osunbor.
The lawmakers approved the construction of a house worth N200 million for each of them at any location of their choice.
Their deputies are to get houses worth N100 million each at any location of their choice.
The approval was sequel to the consideration of a bill for a law to amend the existing legislation on the Pension Rights of Governors and their Deputies in the state.
Moving the motion for the consideration of the bill, the Majority Leader, Foly Ogedengbe, moved that House rules 20, 27, 42, 43, 44 and 45 be suspended, to enable the Assembly to consider the bill.
The motion was seconded by the Deputy Speaker, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie (APC -Uhunwode).
Considering the bill as a committee of the whole, the lawmakers amended the law to read that a governor and his deputy shall be entitled to a house each, at any location of their choice.
The new law, however, provides that the houses shall not be more than N200 million and N100 million, respectively.