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—–appreciate the performance of Godwin Obaseki’sadministration
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City.
The People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Edo state chapter have agreed to embark on aggressive membership drive across the 18 LGAs of the state as a way to encourage Edo people to embrace the Party descibing APC and PDP as a faliure
This was the decision reached on Friday by members of the state exco of the party , after a deliberating on the affairs of the party at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Edo State Council secretariat,
The Party in a communiqué issued at the end of the maiden meeting, and signed by the Chairman , Greg Igbinomwanhia and Secretary, Jeffrey Imonmion, advised members to go all out to talk to the people about the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), and what they stand to gain by joining the party.
According to them, ” the People’s Redemption Party (PRP),appreciate the performance of Mr. Godwin Obaseki’s administration for the little he has done but insist there are much rooms for improvement.
He said, “We in PRP appreciate that the Governor is not a traditional Nigerian politician but a financial technocrat. We however advise him not to allow the influence of the (PDP) politicians around him to overwhelm him but be determined to deliver the actual gains of democracy to the people.
Also, ” We are aware that the lure of office and the attraction of partisan interest may sway the governor to be tempted to act like a typical Nigeria politician, we urge him to resist this and be focused so that the ‘talakawas’ will not continue to suffer at the end
“The People’s Redemption Party (PRP) is calling specifically on the Sate Governor to do much in the area of drainage as most areas in Edo State are usually flooded each time it rain .
Adding that, “in the area of Education, the governor should do more in providing qualified teachers and ensuring quality education for all including the children of the poor masses as promised during his campaign
“We recall that when the governor came on board he promised to use all primary health centers as pilot program and that the governor should not forget this especially as we have not seen much progress in this direction. The governor should make sure that every citizen in Edo state has access to quality and affordable health care in the state which for now seems to be scarce.
They drew the governor’s attention to the pathetic condition at the specialist hospital in Benin. The specialist hospital has one stretcher, the roof is leaking, no mattress, there is poor sanitation around the environment, there is high cost of drugs, there is poor attitude to work by Nurses and Doctors., in fact the situation is quite terrible. People who go there mildly ill leave there seriously sick
” We call on the Governor to quickly declare a state of emergency in the health sector in Edo State. It is not enough to erect a high standard modern hospital where only the rich can afford side by side a poorly equipped and poorly funded one where only the poor can go and kill themselves
Concluding that, “The People’s Redemption Party (PRP), we offer better alternative leadership regarding good governance to the good people of Edo State. We are sincerely committed to improving the lives of the people if given the opportunity. They concluded.
