…..to urgently address critical areas to put smiles on the faces of the people
BENIN CITY- As the political campaign for Edo governorship election is gathering momentum the Labour Party candidate Bar Olumide Osaigbove Akpata has said the party is deeply concerned with hunger , suffering in the state and pointed out some of the critical areas he is going to urgently address to put smiles on the faces of the people
Some of the areas he pinpointed while having a media chat with journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre, Benin, were agriculture, security, health, education and others infrastructure that will ameliorate the suffering the people of the state are now going through.
Akpata said his government will be centred around the welfare of the people adding that the slogan of the party which is “papa, mama and pikin” will be followed to the latter.
He said his government will not turn a blank eye to projects earlier embarked upon by his predecessor if they are aimed at the welfare of the people because the money used in executing them belongs to the people who are the tax payers.
The governorship candidate also said he is a proponent of the local government autonomy
He said at the moment, the local government councils are strangulated financially due to the absence of local government autonomy adding that while granting them their autonomy, the local government council chairmen and their councilors must remain in their domains.
He added that the roads in the state will be attended to whether federal or state provided it has a direct impact on the people of the state.
He said he believes when the federal roads that have direct impact on the people in the state are fixed, the federal government can reimburse the state instead of allowing the citizens to suffer unnecessarily just as he said he will not use the tax payers money for things that will not add value to their lives.
He then commended journalists for their role played in the development of the country
