Top chieftains of the All Progressives Party (APC) including General Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, among others stormed Benin City, yesterday, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the formal launch of the All Progressives party (APC) in the state.
The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium was filled to capacity at a rally to climax the activities marking the anniversary, even as the Governor assured the people that his administration would focus on on the economy in the second term.
“We are delivering and not just talking. In our second term we have started commissioning projects. Over the past three days we have commissione
d five roads and the five junction and we have more than one hundred projects to commission between now and December, you will see all the things that we have been doing with your money’
“Between November last year and November this year we have paid to major contractors about 36billion naira certificate generated from road construction, schools construction and hospital construction and we recognize that our allocation from Abuja is barely over four billion” he said.
Oshiomole declared “every month we pay to contractors about three billon naira. Edo State devotes about 85% of the federal revenue on capital projects that people can see. Our market women who were in the past used during election and abandoned, we have empowered them by giving them cash to rebuild their markets.
“Today I want to remind you of how we started. In the past Edo State was a one party state, controlled and manipulated and dehumanised by a few godfather who turned the state to a personal estate. The were celebrated not for fixing roads, electricity. Education or healthcare, but celebrated for declaring winners as losers.
“Based on my background I know that anything that is not based on truth, anyone who did not derive his power from the affection of the people, and anyone who relies on hidden instrument of coercion as a basis of compelling the people will not last.
“Today anywhere in the world every Edo man can beat his chest and say that we are responsible for the election of our steward. The security of the tenure of that steward is in the hands of the electorate. We recognize that relying the federation account will not bring development and the responsibility of government goes beyond going to Abuja to collect a check and coming back home to pay salaries”, he added.
“From Edo South to North to Central, our people are witnessing new roads, new schools, new health centres . In Esan land where they told us water is impossible; as we speak they are fetching water in Ekpoma. Everything they said was impossible, your steward, guided by your leader , we are delivering.
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