Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described Chief Tony Anenih as a
selfish politician who caters for himself and his immediate family to
the detriment of the majority of people from Esanland, his Senatorial
district.
Reeling out a list of projects his administration
has done in Esanland, at the All Progressives Congress campaign flag-off
in Edo central, Oshiomhole said his achievements in Edo Central
includes 113 Primary Schools, 29 Secondary Schools, a brand new General
Hospital, roads crisscrossing the length and breadth of Esanland, water
projects in virtually al,l areas in Edo central, among others, adding
that “I’ve done more for Esan people than Chief Anenih’s PDP will ever
do.”
He said: “never in history has anybody done as many roads
as we have done in Esan land”, and he went ahead to list all the roads
to the thousands of party faithful and supporters who thronged the
Eguare Primary School, Irrua, venue of the Campaign.
He said:
“my great people of Esanland, the truth is too stubborn. I ask you: for
ten years of PDP, can you list any road they did in your area? So, when
Chief Tony Anenih said we are marginalising Esan, the old man needs to
find out the meaning of marginalisation. I have done more for Esan
people than Anenih’s PDP will ever do, even in his own Local Government.
“We
have done 113 Primary schools across Esan land, all of them wearing red
roof. How many schools did PDP do, zero. We have done 29 Secondary
Schools, complete with red roofs. We connect with the people, we don’t
deceive them. Your Party, the APC has performed and it will continue to
perform.
“In AAU, don’t forget in the year 2002, AAU was
closed by the PDP for one year, the average they were paying to AAU from
Edo State Government was less than N100 million. Today as I speak,
every month, we deliver to AAU N254 million subvention and even the one
for this month has been delivered. We are paying our teachers because
they are number one. We have increased the minimum wage and we are
paying wages and even pensioners are paid the same day as we are paying
workers.
"The arrears of pensions and gratuties for
pensioners, when I came in was twelve years. Today, we have reduced it
to 3 years and before I leave office, we will pay them. Nobody knows the
problem of pensioners than myself because the Union of Pensioners was
one of our strongest affiliates.
"If PDP had paid the
gratuities of those they sacked, I wouldn’t have paid one kobo, but for
twelve years, nobody was paid. Never forget that they dismissed between
5,000 and 7,000 civil servants in 2000. They sacked all the
Permanent-Secretaries in 2000 and did not pay them any gratuity.
“Anenih
can say he made himself Minister, correct. He made himself the Chairman
of NPA, correct. He made Onolemenmen from Uromi Minister, correct, but
we can’t pass through the road to Benin, and we can't pass the road to
Uromi. He produced Itotoh as Minister of Education, they did not build
schools in Uromi, I did. For Anenih, empowerment means giving jobs to
your family members, but Esan people is not about Anenih’s family, it’s
about the man in Opebholo, the man in Ubiaja, the man in Ewohinmi, the
man in Igueben, the man in Irrua, the man in Opoji, and everywhere, that
is what we call Esan. Esan is not equivalent to Chief Anenih and his
immediate family, no I refuse.
"The truth is PDP can never
forgive people like me because we have over-liquidated them. They are
finished in Abuja, they are finished in Benin, they are finished in
Uromi, we are in charge.
“They told all kind of lies that they
wanted to do water in Uromi and I refused to bring N300 million. The
truth is, the traditional ruler of Ugboha led a delegation to my office
in 2011 when the then Vice President, Namadi Sambo said he was coming to
commission a water project. When they wrote, the traditional ruler said
he would not allow them because they took water from Ugboha river,
destroyed their farmland, and said they were taking water to Uromi. Why
would they in Ugboha not get water, so I said no. Our brothers and
sisters in Uromi told me, and it is the truth, that there is no water
even in Uromi, what they have done, typical of PDP, was to put overhead
tanks, put water tanker, pour water into it for Namadi Sambo to
commission.
“When I went to Abuja, I told Namadi Sambo, are
you ready to be part of Chief Tony Anenih’s deceit, I told him he was
being deceived to commission one overhead water tank which they called
Esan Water works. He now sent SSS to confirm, and he was shocked that
although they took the money in full, pocketed N2.5 billion, they did
not do the water.
“Chief Anenih has achieved a lot for himself in politics, but not for his people. He didn’t get them water, hospital, nothing.”
Oshiomhole
said the APC gubernatorial candidate, Mr Godwin Obaseki has been part
of his government for almost eight years and understands the issues. So
he will continue from where he (Oshiomhole) stops on November 12 and do more for the people of Esanland.
On
his part, the party’s candidate, Mr Obaseki said he will build on the
legacies of great Esan leaders including Chief Anthony Enahoro, Prof
Ambrose Alli and others and build on the successes recorded by the
Oshiomhole government in almost eight years.
He promised that
his government will connect Edo North and Edo Central through Anegbette
to Uzea, saying his government will focus on human development.
On
agriculture, Obaseki said Esanland used to produce most of the nation’s
poultry requirements, promising that reviving the poultry industry in
Esanland will form part of the agricultural revolution of his
government.
Top PDP leaders in Esanland dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress at the rally.
Among
those who decamped with hundreds of their supporters include a founding
member of the PDP, Engr Ayere; Hon Victor Emoakhagbon, from Esan
South-East, Colonel David Imuse (rtd) from Esan West, among others.
They
said they joined the APC because of the developmental strides of the
APC-led Government of Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the outright lies
and deceit of the PDP.
Anenih plays selfish politics - Oshiomhole
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