Contrary to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki’s claim of renovating the one-storey building, the state governor has allocated the office of his Deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu, in Government House, Benin to Alaghodaro as secretariat.

Alaghodaro, a Benin catch phrase meaning, progress or moving forward, is an annual investment drive by Edo State Government, which is reportedly Obaseki’s initiative

In a leaked September 18, 2023 memo on Thursday, September 21, Edo Governor asked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, to immediately allocate the deputy governor’s office building to the trustees of Alaghodaro summit as their Secretariat.   The Chairman of Alaghodaro, through its secretary, had written to Obaseki for a permanent secretariat building to aid planning and logistics for the 2023 summit holding in the second week of November