By SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City

Youths and women from Orhiomwon Local Government Council of Edo State have appealed to Governor Adams Oshiomhole and members of the State House of Assembly to investigate how the N63million ecological fund received by the council in September 2013, was spent by the suspended chairman, Chief Roland Ibierutowhen.

It would be recalled that Ibierutowhen, his Vice and Councillors in the council were suspended in November 2013 by the state assembly after they embarked on an illegal trip to Italy. Consequently, Governor Adams Oshiomhole appointed Mr Iyobo Igharo as Chairman, caretaker committee, to oversee the affairs of the council.

The suspension of the chairman and others were however lifted recently but the youths of the council and women, in a statement signed by Mrs Evelyn Izegbe, lamented that Abudu and other areas are suffering serious ecological problems despite the N63million released to the council as ecological fund by the Federal Government in September 2013.

“As a matter of fact our people have experienced better development since the coming of the Caretaker Committee and we don’t want to go back to the dark days. What happened to the ecological fund that was given to us. We are appealing to the Governor to allow the Caretaker Committee to clean up the mess in the system.