The World Bank on Wednesday described Edo State as the best in the country in terms of transparency, openness, candour and value for money.
The World Bank commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole for paying over N1billion counterpart fund, which it said qualified the state to enjoy its projects and other incentives.
Task Team Leader of the World Bank, Dr. Amos Abu, stated this when he led other members of his team to pay a courtesy visit on Governor Oshiomhole.
Dr. Abu, who said they were in the state to inspect ongoing erosion control projects in Auchi, Queen Ede and Ekenwa, described work progress on the site as outstanding.
He disclosed that the bank has not receive any single complain of political interference from the state, saying that was very unique.
The action, according to him, meant contractors and consultants were looking at the body language of the governor.
“Our core engineers are already in Auchi to look at the work that is going on and to also provide guidance on how it can be quickly completed. We are also very happy with the new site that has been put forward for the bank funding. A close look at this site shows that they met the site selection criteria so we are very happy to consider and take them on board.
“Particularly worth mentioning is the level of commitment by the state. This is demonstrated by the over N1 billion counterparts which you have paid and no other state has been able to match this.”
“Since the governor is not intervening, is not interested in intervening, this ensures that the most responsive bidder wins at all time and at all cost. No other person dare try to interfere and this is really a source of comfort to us.”
“It is not every state in the country that the world bank is present and for the bank to be willing as to work with Edo State, it means the very high standard of transparency, openness, candour and value for money is been upheld by the state,” he stated.
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