Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
Edo State Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Architect Joshua Omokhodion, has said that the state government has kick started the beautification of nine parks which are going to be completed before the expiration of this present administration.
He disclosed this while chatting with newsmen in his office in Benin City, Edo State.
According to him “I can tell you in clear terms that I am privileged to have a governor that knows his onions. What the governor has done now is to create parks and gardens.
“Beyond just beautification, they’re also part of the process of recreation because beautification to a large extent, is seemingly visual but recreation is physical, something that you can participate in. That’s what Mr. Governor has done. As I speak with you, the governor has awarded nine parks to be completed within Benin City.
“At least about five have started construction. The other two are hindered slightly because of some issues of acquisition which we are almost tidying up.
“I can tell you before Mr. Governor leaves office in November, those parks will be functional. The parks currently under construction are at Airport Road, Dumez Park, Gapiona Landscape, Iguosa Landscape and Aurora Landscape. Work is ongoing and they’re asking for approval for additional jobs.
“Mr. Godwin Obaseki is not the noisy type. He is not the type that will spend one million naira(N1,000,000) and use ten million naira(N10,000,000) to propagate.”
Continuing : “That’s why he is called Mr. Wake and See. You wake up and you see it. You will not be hearing about it. You will just wake up and see it. I think Edo State is blessed for the kind of governor that we have currently.
“Working with him for the past months, I realize that for those of us that have the interest of the state at heart, we realize that the best that has happened to us is Mr. Godwin Obaseki.
“It is not because I am his commissioner. It’s because of what I have seen and what I am still seeing.”