Tinubu commissions hospital in Edo, commends Oshiomhole
Speaking at the commissioning of the hospital project which
was first conceptualised but abandoned over 25 years ago, Asiwaju Tinubu, who
is also a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said with the
commissioning of the hospital and other projects in the state, Governor
Oshiomhole has introduced infrastructural development revolution to Edo state.
Tinubu said it is regrettable that the sixteen years of the
rule of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the federal level has been a
colossal waste.
He said “What you have in Edo State is common sense
development revolution. Good security, employment, potable water supply,
agriculture, good road infrastructure, vocational job to train and develop your
mind and become independent in life. That is common sense development
revolution.
“The only way you can get it at the federal level is to have
the voter’s card and vote out the PDP. The sixteen years of the Peoples
Democratic Party did not produce anything. They were here and they did not do
roads to reach your communities and they could not give you boreholes.
“We have spent six years now and six years of our arrival
with our broom, we have been sweeping the dirt away. We say change from deceit;
change from lies; change from excuses. Today the country is in darkness because
of the deception of the PDP. When you pay a policeman, pittance how do you
expect him not to take bribe?
“We have built new hospitals and schools in six years. If
you want continuity of this development, go and collect your voter’s card and
vote for APC. You want water to flow; you want good roads; you want potable
water supply, then vote for APC.
“The reward for hard work is more work. So as the APC is
doing well in Edo state, you expect more work. You must vote for more work and
more facilities. Democracy is not a spectator’s game. If you have no card, go
and collect one and vote against the PDP. There can be no running water if you
don’t vote for APC. The PDP has failed and they will continue to fail,” he
said.
Tinubu said “Glory be to God we now have a government that
build hospitals that would save lives; emergency sections that would ensure
that accident victims are attended to;
that premature babies would be taken care of . Thank you Adams, thank you for
leading a government that works”.
In his remarks, Governor Oshiomhole said the hospital
project is one of the dreams of this administration to extend development to
the rural communities.
He said “For us in Edo State, the fact of being rural does
not mean the people are inferior. Rural life is a function of location and not
of quality and consistent with the commitment of our party to have an all
inclusive development, the one that seeks to make people feel the impact of
governance regardless of location, what you have seen is a practical statement
that this is possible beyond rhetoric.
“When I visited here in 2009, the previous government had
awarded it, in fact several governments after government had awarded it and
they were just using it to siphon money in the name of the people of Ewohimi
and the blocks they were using were so bad. We had to demolish that foundation
and build a completely new hospital.
“His Royal Highness informed me that this project has been
on for over twenty five years and somehow they have given up. I am happy that
God has used us to translate this to reality. We have built road connecting
Ewohimi to other major towns in Esan and shortly we shall be commissioning
them.”
On the poor power supply in the community, Oshiomhole said
“It is important for the people to know that as long as the PDP is in power,
the people would be out of power. So whenever you have the opportunity, let the
young and old know that the problem of power supply cannot be solved unless the
PDP is voted out of power.”
Tinubu had earlier, in Benin City, commissioned the rebuilt
6-lane New Lagos road, complete with walkways and street lights.
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