The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, says his son, Cyril, is qualified to be the Commissioner for Health in Edo State.
Oshiomhole stated this on Channels Television’s Politics
Today programme on Wednesday.
Recall that in November, Governor Monday Okphebolo of Edo
State appointed Cyril as health commissioner just after the new governor was
sworn in.
The appointment has been greeted with criticisms from
persons who described the act as a state capture and a reward for the senator’s
support for the governor’s election.
Oshiomhole, when asked if he endorsed the appointment of his
son as commissioner, said he expressed his concerns to the governor when the
appointment was announced.
“He doesn’t work under me; maybe Governor Monday is grooming
him. When I was in Edo, I stopped him when he wanted to go for the House of
Reps.
“I said no and supported another guy. The second time he
wanted to try, I said no. This time the governor decided to pick him. He is
qualified.
“I did express my concerns when I heard. I called him and
expressed my concerns. I expressed those concerns to the governor that people
might say this and that.
“Those were the reasons why I stopped him from contesting
elections when I was in office but then I have to accept that in the world that
we live in, you can only do so much to control your son but not when he is
already of adult age.
“But the point must be made: I invested in my children’s education.
I didn’t want them to go through what I went through.
“So, Dr Cyril is not just a medical doctor from ABU (Ahmadu
Bello University), he went to do post-graduate in two universities in the US,
including Harvard and another university in Louisiana. He does something about
public health.
“So, he is not having it because he is Oshiomhole; I will
say he is having it in spite of being Oshiomhole,” he said.
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