Adams Oshiomhole
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He has also criticised previous governments in the state for allegedly constructing hailed roads.
Oshiomhole, who disclosed this amount for the first time in a chance encounter with our correspondent said it was feat that must be accomplished through the regular payment of taxes and proper planning.
Oshiomhole spoke in Benin on Thursday night shortly after returning from Uzairue in Etsako West Local Government Area, where he inagurated the Ayogwiri-Apena Road project.
He said, "We are going to be firm in tax collection because with the construction going on everywhere, nobody will ask us why we are collecting taxes. We have done proper planning and we know what we required.
We have made adequate arrangement to fund the jobs as they come and I am very confident that we have made clear projections. For instance in the first qurater of the year, how much is required to do many of these jobs?
"We have specific commitments and as funds come, we already know what to do with them. So, you don't have the temptation of diverting resources to programmes that were not properly thought out. So, it is a deliberate approach to tie you to specific targets. We are not finished yet."
According to him, the state government is also focusing on education, health and rural electrification.
He called on the people to support the contractors handling the various projects, adding that the communities would benefit from them through job creation.
Asked to comment on his vision for Edo State in the years ahead, Oshiomhole replied. "This is not campaign time; by our actions, you will judge where we are going. It is action time and we are taking our time to design. Some of the roads done by our predecessors have already failed. Even at that, we are working on the basis of knowledge, not intuition."
Other ongoing road proejct are Ewohimi-Agadaga-Igueben road; Igueben-Ewohimi-Ohordua-Emu-Okhuesan road; and Isua-Arue-Uzenema-Egbele road.
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