CRPP Calls For Kassim Afegbua’s Sack For Alleged Failure To Positively Market Okpebholo Government

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Francis Onoiribholo

The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP), has called on the Edo State governor, Senator Monday OKpebholo to immediately relieve of his duty, the commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, over his alleged inability to positively market the government.

CRPP also accused Afegbua of speaking from both sides of his mouth when he is supposed to sell the government to the people on a positive form.

In a statement signed by the National Chairman and Secretary of the coalition, Dr Samson Isibor, and Hon. Nkama Waribe respectively, the group accused Afegbua of no longer seeing anything good in criticizing the government he serves.

According to the statement, “We would once again remind Afegbua that the more he goes about abusing the leadership of our Coalition or any other opposition just because we criticize Governor Monday Okpebholo, the more he portrays the government negatively.

“Afegbua is becoming a jester commissioner, who has never treated his job as the image maker of a government with the seriousness it deserves, but a praise singer who goes about abusing anyone who has a divergent opinion of the government’s performance”.

CRPP further remind Afegbua that the more he goes about abusing the leadership of our Coalition or any other opposition just because we criticize Governor Monday Okpebholo, the more he portays the government negatively.

“We challenge Afegbua to go round the state to sample the opinion of the masses on their assessment of Governor Okpebholo’s performance on security, employment and food production. We are sure that Afegbua will shed tears for the result he will get.

“At this juncture, we in the CRPP therefore call for the sack of Prince Kassim Afegbua over his failure to positively market the government that appointed him as commissioner, rather than portraying it as a government that is intolerant of the opposition.

“We also urge him to learn from his predecessor in office, Hon Paul Ohonbamu, an intelligent and sound activist who marketed his boss effectively, diplomatically and with a good human relation” they declared.

It would be recalled that Edo State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua at
a press conference held last week Wednesday in his office accused the leadership of the Coalition of not seeing anything good in Governor Monday Okpebholo’s government despite the fact that the governor has made Edo State a construction site, as well as making a giant stride in other areas of the state development, saying that he will never again react to any statement by the CRPP.