The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday flagged off the campaign for his second term re-election as governor with a promise to continue to build on the foundation already laid for sustainable development.
The governor addressed a mammoth crowd of supporters, who defied the heavy downpour, at the King Square and told them that the election will be based on issues.
“In three years, we have built over 100 schools in the state. If we have another four years you will find schools in every village,” he assured the people.
According to him: “Having cleaned up the politics, we have created an environment for development.
“The opposition political party is not interested in issues because it will not favour them. They are promising to change after 10 years of misrule. Can they change when their godfather, rigged to give the ticket to their candidate?
We must remind them that the election is about report card because our jobs are the greatest weapons against the godfather.”
He disclosed that in Edo South Senatorial District, 33 road projects have been completed with walkways, street lights and drainage while 38 road projects are ongoing.
“There will be a brand new roundabout at the five junctions where RCC and HITECH construction companies tractors are campaigning for me,” he added.
He promised that “in every local government in Edo South, we are building schools, roads, providing electricity, improving the health sector and drilling boreholes for water for the people. There is no local government in the state where you will not find the red roof, indicating standard and beautiful schools.”
The governor disclosed that the PDP has been cleaned out from Edo North and Edo South, while the godfather has been restricted to a small part of Uromi in Edo Central.
According to him: “Even a high-ranking chief who spoke for the Oba in the palace said Mr Fix-it could not fix anything while PDP was in power in 10 years, but that the ACN government has been able to fix the roads, the schools, the hospitals, the water problem, electricity and the flooding challenge of Benin City.”