This is what we call ''crashing'' in Uniben!!!
The Special Assistant to Edo state governor on Media and Communication strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has released a statement over the trending photos of the governor, Godwin Obaseki, sleeping while President Buhari addressed the 73rd UN General Assembly yesterday September 25th.
According to Osagie, the governor was fatigued. To buttress his point, Osagie shared photos of other world leaders sleeping at world events. Read the statement below
Our attention has been drawn to a mischievous campaign designed to smear the image of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Governor Obaseki.
The disparagers have populated the internet with photographs of the governor when he momentarily succumbed to fatigue after a long flight, preceded by a chaotic itinerary in Edo State before heading to New York for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the United States of America.
The idle hands and mischievous minds behind the smear campaign against governor Obaseki are clearly not people to be taken seriously.
Despite Governor Obaseki’s rare work culture, unmatched by his peers, we have never portrayed him as a machine. He can experience fatigue and exhaustion, an indisputable fact of life, to which all humans are susceptible.
The internet is awash with photographs of outstanding world leaders who have at one time or the other yielded to fatigue at meetings.
The list includes the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel; Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe; former United States President, Barack Obama; his Economic Adviser, Larry Summers; Pope Benedict XVI; former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown; former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi and the former Austrian President, Heinze Fischer, amongst others.
Those who are familiar with the daily work schedule of Governor Godwin Obaseki have attested to his rare and unique work ethics, devoid of fanfare and trivialities.
A cursory look at the governor’s itinerary between September 21 – 23rd, before he entered the UN meetings in New York, shows the following:
Friday September 21, 2018, 9:30am, Swearing-in of members of the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC) Board; 10:30am, Swearing-in of new members of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB); 12noon, Meeting with Amaju Pinnick, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President; 12-5pm, attended to mails and correspondence; 5-7pm, on the road from Benin City to Irrua in Edo Central.
Between 7-9pm, he held a meeting with Edo Central Community and Political leaders in Irrua; from 9-10pm, he was on the road from Irrua to Fugar, headquarters of Etsako Central Local Government Area. From 10pm to 12am the next day, he held a meeting with community and political leaders in Fugar.
On that same Saturday between 12-3am, Obaseki met with overseers of the Health Improvement Programme (HIP) along with his Chief of Staff, Chief Taiwo Akerele; the Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie; Executive Assistant, Ethan Uzamere; in Fugar, Etasko Central LGA.
The team rested between 4-7am on Saturday and proceeded to Warake to inspect the Primary Healthcare Centre there, which is near completion.
Between 9-10am, the governor was on the road from Warake to Okpella where he commissioned the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)’s Power Transformer in Okpella.
From 11am, he headed to St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Emaudo in Ekpoma, for the memorial Church Service of the late Professor Ambrose Alli, former governor of old Bendel State. He was at the late Prof. Ambrose Alli’s House for a visit from 4pm and was on the road from Ekpoma to Benin City between 4:30 and 6pm.
He left Benin City for New York around 6pm and was scheduled to arrive New York between 11-12noon, Sunday (New York time) for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
He was to await President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival between 4-6pm after which he met with the President’s aide over the next day’s proceedings at the United Nations.
The governor’s activities in the days before his trip to New York give insight into his attitude to work and governance, and followed similar crowded itinerary, in China, where he sealed final investment agreements on the development of the Benin Industrial Park, the Benin River Port and the Modular Refinery project few days before.
Between 7-9pm, he held a meeting with Edo Central Community and Political leaders in Irrua; from 9-10pm, he was on the road from Irrua to Fugar, headquarters of Etsako Central Local Government Area. From 10pm to 12am the next day, he held a meeting with community and political leaders in Fugar.
On that same Saturday between 12-3am, Obaseki met with overseers of the Health Improvement Programme (HIP) along with his Chief of Staff, Chief Taiwo Akerele; the Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie; Executive Assistant, Ethan Uzamere; in Fugar, Etasko Central LGA.
The team rested between 4-7am on Saturday and proceeded to Warake to inspect the Primary Healthcare Centre there, which is near completion.
Between 9-10am, the governor was on the road from Warake to Okpella where he commissioned the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)’s Power Transformer in Okpella.
From 11am, he headed to St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Emaudo in Ekpoma, for the memorial Church Service of the late Professor Ambrose Alli, former governor of old Bendel State. He was at the late Prof. Ambrose Alli’s House for a visit from 4pm and was on the road from Ekpoma to Benin City between 4:30 and 6pm.
He left Benin City for New York around 6pm and was scheduled to arrive New York between 11-12noon, Sunday (New York time) for the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
He was to await President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival between 4-6pm after which he met with the President’s aide over the next day’s proceedings at the United Nations.
The governor’s activities in the days before his trip to New York give insight into his attitude to work and governance, and followed similar crowded itinerary, in China, where he sealed final investment agreements on the development of the Benin Industrial Park, the Benin River Port and the Modular Refinery project few days before.
*All na story,e sleep abi e nor sleep?????
😂 😂 excuse upon excuse.. They have finish the govnor on net..
ReplyDeleteMedia Aide, Ejó lé fé ro sir.
DeleteWe all know Buhari is boring but this Edo Gov is on another level !
Hian!!!! See long explanation unto simple matter.
DeleteIf only the energy being used to draft this long epistle can be channeled into something most more profitable.
Exactly
DeleteIs it even okay for a public body such as the office of a governor to mention names of other World leaders just to justify their man?
ReplyDeleteThese people just like using words where you wonder if they know the definition of the word before they used it. Obaseki “smeared” his image all by himself with no help from anybody.
ReplyDeleteStory! He's human.
ReplyDeleteSleeping no beauty
ReplyDeletePettiness everywhere in Nigeria. Must we respond to everything we read. Waste of time and resources. He was caught sleeping ,end of story. Blaming everything and everybody but themselves
ReplyDeleteHe was busy gbenshing all night, why won't he sleep .😂 😂 😂
ReplyDeleteIt can only happen in Nigeria.
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Sdk is wicked.
ReplyDeleteAll na story. E sleep abi e no sleep.
Jet lag is no 'respecter' of persons. Dem for just shut up for this matter.
ReplyDeleteBunch of disgraceful lots. Sleeping in such a meeting. Buhari and his cohorts are national embarrassment to this country.
ReplyDeleteOne problem with Nigerians, these people will never accept their wrongs even when it's so glaring.
ReplyDeleteStory story...
ReplyDeleteStory...
DeleteOnce upon a time...
DeleteBodi nor be firewood. Na una get the sleep when e dey enjoy? Abeg Sleep on investment governor.
ReplyDeleteIs sleeping a crime? Why trying so hard to justify it. He is human and bound to sleep if nature call. Explaining is making it look more messy.
ReplyDeleteReally?!?!?! He should sleep if nature calls. Really??? Nobody should be sleeping during such important meetings when there are cameras everywhere. He should have drank some coffee and even taken a quick break to the bathroom.
DeleteBunch of incompetent people.
Abi o Stella. All these epistle to explain why the Governor took a nap?
ReplyDeleteThis is the height of uselessness and who ever created this press release should be sacked.
ReplyDeleteThis person is an incompetent FOOL.
Imagine using the excuse of other leaders falling asleep to try to ameliorate this rubbish. And then a long laundry list of purported activities. The people who stayed awake here, they strolled in from the beach? Your boss does not also know how to delegate?
Absolute rubbish.
Go and learn how to do proper PR or ask children to teach you.
I taya o
DeleteShut up...you people are the useless idiots....it’s not a big deal if he slept and people moved on why the insults if they know body no reason firewood? U just heard the word delegating abi
Delete00:47 do I blame you? Have you ever held a job before? Do you know what responsibility is? Have you heard the word before? Depending on your parents for 50 naira recharge card. When I want to engage intellectually, it's with people with common sense. Not bedbugs. Get lost!
DeleteAPC government has no integrity. Always apportioning blame to others except themselves.
ReplyDeleteWhat has these names put down got to do with our sleeping governor.
Obaseki you sleep or no sleep answer us
Abeg y’all should free the guy and cut him some slack! Nobody is above exhaustion. You can’t cheat nature and body no be fire wood. He was obviously tired and dozed off for a bit there. All you critics are hypocrites. Even those that sleep in church/class and on duty are talking too. Mtchew.
ReplyDeleteTired gaan
ReplyDeleteNext time, he should fiddle with his pad or phone,I do that a lot when I'm tired and feel sleepy. Courtesy demands that he's awake and alert at such events.
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