All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has said the eight years administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki did not bring development to the state.
Senator Monday Okpebholo said he would not disappoint Edo people if elected. He added that his decision not to speak much was because he believed in action than words. He said politicians that speak too much lie and do not work for their people.
Okpebholo said this during an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel at the new state secretariat of the APC on Ikpokpan Road, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin, on Tuesday.
“I will respect the traditional institution in Edo State, and continue to hold in high esteem, the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, who is currently being treated with disdain by some persons in Edo State.
“I have the capacity and experience to govern Edo State, from November 12, 2024, by God’s grace and the massive support of Edo electorate. I will not disappoint Edo residents, but perform excellently, in order to put my detractors to shame. I am embarking on many infrastructural projects in Edo Central Senatorial District, and empowering numerous Edo residents. I will do more if elected governor of Edo State,” he said.
The APC governorship candidate, ahead of the September election accused Governor Obaseki of mismanaging the federal allocations and internally generated revenue of Edo State.
He added that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, cannot deliver good governance required by the residents of Edo. He argued that Ighodalo remains part of Governor Obaseki’s administration and would not do anything different.
“There is nothing to write home about the almost eight years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki. Edo State government has failed Edo people.
“The anointed son of Obaseki, Asue Ighodalo, the governorship candidate of the crisis-ridden PDP in Edo State, cannot do better than Obaseki, his business associate, as Ighodalo has been the administration’s chief economic adviser in almost eight years, without any legacy development project on the ground.
“Obaseki places emphasis on numerous Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and propaganda, without being able to justify the huge allocations and increasing Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR), while I am coming as a servant, to introduce practical governance, focus on infrastructural projects and empowerment of Edo residents in the 18 local government areas, when, not if elected. Edo residents will see real developments in all sectors,” Senator Okpebholo added.