After his victory at the polls, the Edo State governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed that his victory in the election showed that Edo people really appreciate the work the government has been doing for eight years in the state
Mr Obaseki was on Channels Television’s News At 10 on Thursday, few hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of the Edo election.
He said: “We have worked very hard over the last eight years to reestablish governance in Edo state. So we had a lot to show to our people and we were able to convince them why we needed to continue with the development strides we started about eight years ago.”
While speaking on his plans to create job for teeming Edo youth, the governor-elect said he will empower the youth through “short term vocational training, skill acquisition and other technical training”.
“The key here is trying to get people back to work, creating opportunities for them to work,” he said.
Obaseki said with his track record, raising fund for the development of Edo state would not be a problem.
“It doesn’t take rocket science if you have the experience and the knowledge to do this,” he said, reeling out his pedigree in the financial system and expressing confidence in his ability to raise money for Edo state irrespective of expectations from the federal government.
“What people don’t realise is that today we earn about 25 billion from taxes alone outside of what we get from Abuja and the budget support we get from the World Bank, other multinational agencies and all other creative financing we can put in place.
“As long as you are efficient and you are honest about the way you spend public money, you will be able to find the money to do the critical things you need to do. It is about prioritization,” he said
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