Amid growing concerns in certain quarters over Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s preference for one of the candidates in the race, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Henry Idahagbon, has said that political jobbers and scavengers will not succeed the comrade governor after the expiration of his tenure in November, 2016.
The former P D P chieftain averred that the present economic situation in the country demands that Edo State elects an expert, saying he must be someone that can prudently manage, sustain, improve and build on the existing foundation that Governor Oshiomhole has laid down.
“When people talk about imposition, I do not really understand the angle they are coming from; look, governance is not just bread and butter thing, or just wearing the crown of a governor without necessarily knowing what it entails. With due respect to our comrade governor, Adams Oshiomhole, he once told us in a meeting that if he had known that the Nigeria economy will dwindle and fall to this level, that he won’t have bothered coming back the second term, that he would have just served one term and leave. Edo State as it were, and considering the present economic situation in Nigeria, we need a vibrant economic expert and a prudent manager with the world economic sense that can help manage the state economy. It is not about Adams Oshiomhole, nor about Godwin Obaseki, nor Pius Odubu; it is about the state and the wellbeing of the people. We do not need a political guru, or someone that has built a political estate to be governor; it is about good governance, ability to manage the economic resources of the state without necessarily waiting for allocation from Abuja before he can execute a simple project. So, the governor’s choice of Godwin Obaseki is not a wrong one, the governor being a man with sound knowledge of management must have weighed all other aspirants before going for a man that is coming from the economic world. I am not saying that other aspirants do not have what it takes to rule the state, but we are talking about prudent management, so for Obaseki, me and all my followers in my locality have decided to throw our weight behind him and also work towards his success at the polls.
You will agree with me that when Bola Ahmed Tinubu projected Raji Babatunde Fashola, for Lagos State governor, people did not believe in him, and nobody knew him but lo and behold, Fashola is rated as the best governor in Nigeria today. Our people have to change their mentality about Godwin Obaseki. He has all it takes to lead Edo State to its glorious days in all ramification of life,” he added.
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