Oshiomhole describes PDP’s boast of winning Edo as laughable

Ahead the 2015 national and state assembly elections in Edo State, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday, said it was laughable to hear Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, boast of winning the elections, noting that the people of the state have not forgotten so soon what he described as the 10 years misrule of PDP in the state.

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The governor, who said that even though traditional rulers were meant to maintain their neutrality, “I do not think they should be neutral in appreciating progress in their respective domains because we have to compare the performance of PDP and All Progressives Congress, APC, in our different communities.”

Oshiomhole spoke at Uneme-Nekhua, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state, when the member representing Akoko-Edo federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Peter Akpatason, distributed empowerment items worth over N20 million to members of his constituency.

The governor said: “Our democracy is about 16 years old. Edo State has been governed by PDP for 10 years and everywhere I went, nobody has shown me any school that was built by PDP.

“I begin to ask, what happened to the money voted for education? The days are gone when you talk of earmark, we believe in eye mark.

“I need you royal fathers to continue to play your roles, but you cannot be neutral to progress. You can be neutral to politicians, but definitely not to progress.

“Several years of misrule by PDP must not be allowed to come back again. They must be able to distinguish what works and what does not work. We will continue to redefine governance; we will continue to work.”