2024: Obaseki, Igbinedion, Oyegun make case for Edo South

To foster unity and strategies for the sustainable development of Edo South Senatorial District, prominent leaders and other stakeholders in the zone converged on Benin City, Edo State capital, to chart course for the region’s advancement.

Presenting the eight-point communiqué reached at the end of the meeting to journalists in Benin City, former Governor of Edo, John Odigie-Oyegun, said the parley became necessary to set agenda for the unity and sustainable growth the district.

The communiqué reads: “The meeting was convened at the instance of a core group led by Odigie-Oyegun, with Governor Godwin Obaseki former Governor Lucky Igbinedion as co-hosts. In attendance was an impressive cross-section of Edo South sons and daughters from the public and private sectors, different professional and social backgrounds, and cutting across political divides.

“There was a consensus on the underlying objective to meaningfully interrogate, articulate, redefine and re-focus the collective interests of all the people who constitute the population of the Edo South Senatorial District within the context of Nigeria’s prevailing political and economic realities.”

According to the communiqué, it was resolved that a broad-based elite consensus be engendered to enable them strategically leverage the competitive advantage of their demographic strength, and the unique creative and productive potential of the people to reverse the progressively diminished relevance and influence of the people in all spheres – national and sub-national.

It added, “As the platform for the aggregation of the interests of the Edo South Senatorial District, the meeting will be held on a regular basis.”