Jareth Tenebe, the Edo State All Progressive Congress (APC), has responded to those mocking Monday Okphebolo, the Edo State governor who was seen struggling to pronounce N605billion while presenting the 2025 Budget to the Edo State House of Assembly.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday struggled to pronounce the figures for the state’s 2025 budget, titled “Budget of Renewed Hope for a Rising Edo.”
The governor stuttered severally as he tried to pronounce N605 billion for the 2025 fiscal year at the Edo State House of Assembly.
“It’s confusing me,” Okpebholo said, causing noise among state lawmakers.
However, the speaker of the assembly called for order.
Reacting, the APC chairman via his Facebook page on Tuesday night noted that Okphebolo is not a thief, reason he found it very difficult to pronounce such a figure. He added that the governor’s mistake should tell the people how original and innocent he is.
He said: “Social media has been agog with the mistake of our governor’s pronouncing the six hundred billion budget presentation. It is a regular thing. Zulman made such a mistake. I don’t know the figures, myself. That is how to know original and innocent people. Obaseki will not make such a mistake because he has stolen billions. Monday is not a thief and is not familiar with such figures. He’s our governor and performing. Anybody who doesn’t like his face should go to hell and burn to ashes.”