Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
The Edo State governorship candidate for the September 21 governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has assured the people of the state that he is going to eradicate the poverty brought upon the citizens of the state by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government, if he is voted for.
He said this during the Ward-to-Ward campaigns flag-off at Ugbogui and Usen Wards in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state.
Ighodalo maintained that his goal is to introduce policies and programmes that would aggressively tackle and eradicate poverty from the state.
“So, our message to the people is that by the grace of God Almighty, when we enter government again by November, we are going to improve the welfare and living conditions of our people
“We are going to eradicate poverty and hardship brought upon the people by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government through the introduction of policies and programmes that would aggressively eradicate poverty in Edo.
“So, go to your various polling units on September 21 and vote enmasse for the PDP and ensure you protect your votes afterwards.
Speaking also, the deputy governorship candidate of the party, Barr. Osarodion Ogie, said: “They (opposition party) said they want to serve the people in the state, yet they don’t want to appear before the people and talk to them.
“They want to work for the people, yet they don’t want to be interviewed by the people.
“So, vote for us as we mean well for the state and the well-being of the people”, adding that their administration will be people-centric if elected as governor and deputy governor of Edo State.
Similarly at Siluko and Umaza Wards, the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Asue Ighodalo, assured them that the issue of security in the locality would be given attention by his administration.
“The security of these two Wards (Siluko and Umaza communities) is importance to us and we will restore the security back to the people”, Ighodalo assured the people of the areas.
