Gov. Oshiomole Reveals Why He Wants GEJ Voted Out

The Governor of Edo state, Adams
Oshiomhole has revealed why he want the
incumbent government of President
Jonathan voted out in the forthcoming 2015
presidential election.
The governor says his objection with
President Goodluck Jonathan is that the
President abandoned Edo State and did
nothing for the state despite securing 95%
votes of Edo people for his re-election in
2011.
The Governor said the people of the state
are however now wiser and will vote the
President out for abandoning them.

Speaking at separate rallies of the All
Progressives Congress in Ehor, Uhumwode
Local Government Area and at Igueben,
Igueben Local Government Area on
Saturday, January 24, 2015, Oshiomhole
said in spite of several letters to the Federal
Government to come to the aid of the state
on erosion destroying parts of the state, the
Jonathan administration abandoned the
state after wheedling them to vote for him,
as their brother, in 2011.
In Gov. Oshiomhole’s words; “The last time,
we voted for President Jonathan. He got
95% of the total votes in Edo State. Yet, I
cannot think of any meaningful thing he has
done in the state.
“We have written volumes of letters to Abuja
on the Queen Ede erosion site. That erosion
was caused by the Federal Government as a
result of the design errors in the course of
constructing the road to Asaba. It started as
a small erosion, over time it has escalated”,
he said.
He added, “I have written for support from
the ecological funds which we are entitled
to, to rebuild and reclaim the place. It has
destroyed some houses, destroyed
farmlands, destroyed a secondary school
and right now almost destroying a Catholic
Church yet the Federal Government has
done nothing.
“Last year, President Jonathan gave N2
billion each to some PDP States even where
he lost election to deal with erosion. Those
that don’t have flood erosion were given
money for desertification but we in Edo state
that voted for him got nothing.
“I am not lamenting this. We have learnt
from it and are determined not to repeat our
mistakes but the good news is that we have
secured funds from the World Bank on our
own effort to rebuild Queen Ede erosion and
restore it and save the lives, farmland and
properties of the people who live around
there. Soon the construction work will start
” For 16years, the only federal thing I see in
Edo State is the resurfacing of Ofosu up to
Benin old dual carriage way which they only
started after our government decided to
construct additional lanes all the way to
Ugbowo. I can’t see any other thing they
have done in 16 years,” the governor stated.

Meanwhile, you’d recall that Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State earlier this
week, said the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party has failed to provide basic amenities
and fight insurgency and has failed the
country for 16 years.

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