Edo Ovia communities endorse Obaseki for gov
From left: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Edo State
APC gubernatorial candidate, Mr Godwin Obaseki and President Ovia North East
Local Government Community Development Associations, Mr Osasere Osayogie
(right) during the endorsement of the APC candidate by members of the Community
Development Associations, in Benin City.
(Nigeria) Over 3,300 members of Ovia North East Local
Government Area in Edo State Community Development Associations have endorsed
Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the
September 10 gubernatorial election in Edo State.
The latest ensorsement is coming less than three weeks to
the election.
President of the Community Development Associations in the
Local Government, Mr. Osasere Osayogie and Vice President, Etinosa Ighogaro
declared at a solidarity meeting in Benin City, Wednesday, that “we will
deliver Ovia-North East for APC come September 10, 2016.”
According to Osasere Osayogie, “We the youths of Ovia
North-East endorse Godwin Obaseki for governor. We have done it before. We will
do it again. We are here today to rejoice with Godwin Obaseki.
“Come September 10, 2016, Godwin Obaseki will be elected the
next governor, ” he said.
Receiving the youths, Governor Oshiomhole recalled how his
government revoked land which was illegally allocated to an individual and
returned same to the people.
He said: said, “On assumption of office, I discovered that
almost all the land in Ovia North-East had been allocated to only one man. I
revoked the land illegally allocated to only one family and I returned it to
the people of Ovia. I revoked it, I stand by it and it remains revoked and
given to the people.”
According to the governor, “The purpose of government is to
protect the interest of the people and I believe you must defend that and
ensure that no one man takes your land.
“We will hand over to a man who understands what it means to
protect the public interest.”
On Obaseki's endorsement, Oshiomhole said: “when I see the
large turn-out of the community leaders here, I know it is finished. ”
Taking a jibe at the past PDP government, he said:
"when they come to campaign in Ovia, you must ask them: “where is the
dual-carriage way from the junction of the Benin-Sagamu expressway to Okada.’“
He said efforts by the state government to extend
electricity to some communities in Ovia was hampered by some desperate
politicians who organised thugs to stop the truck carrying electric poles to
the beneficiary community.
He said: “If anybody breached the law, they will be
prosecuted and sentenced to prison. “We respect authority but we will not
tolerate rascality. Everybody is equal before the law,” he said.
He thanked the people of Ovia North-East for their
consistent support for his government and the APC, assuring that government
will protect them from harassment and intimidation.
Also speaking, the APC governorship candidate, Mr. Godwin
Obaseki, thanked the Ovia communities for endorsing him, assuring that he would
not abandon them when he becomes Governor.
He said: “I want thank you for the very bold step you have
taken to endorse me as the sole candidate for the governorship position”,
assuring that there would be continuity in the building of more infrastructure.
He promised that his government would attract
agro-industries to their communities who would engage the youths in mechanised
farming.
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