Governor Oshiomhole dissolves his Edo State cabinet after formal handover to Obaseki

Following a formal handover by the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, to the Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, the State Executive Council, all Boards and Committees in the State have been dissolved, the State Government said on Friday.

According to the statement, political office holders were directed to hand over to the Permanent Secretary or highest ranking service officer in the Ministry, Department and Agency.

Those holding government property were also told to hand them over as earlier announced.

The statement added: “For the avoidance of doubt, all those on tenured appointments are not affected by this announcement.

“The Comrade Governor thanks everyone for their respective contributions and wishes them well in their future endeavour.”