Obaseki assures next Edo govt of masterplan to guide development

Edo state Governor,  Mr. Godwin Obaseki, said on Tuesday expressed optimism that the incoming administration would inherit a masterplan that would guide them into the future for a greater Edo.

He also showered encomiums on two former governors of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, and Prof. Oserhermen  Osunbor for defying their political differences and identifying with the state government on the milestone of the state’s 33rd anniversary.

Obaseki, who promised to bequeath to the Edo people a new Edo Nation, said the government is committed to restoring a new Edo with sustainable development.

The two former governors, Lucky Igbinedion and  Prof  Oserhermen Osunbor, are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) respectively, defied their political differences and participated in the celebration of the state at 33 years, entitled,  “Edo State Masterplans: A Pathway to the New Edo Nation.”

This is just as Adams Oshiomhole,  a former governor of Edo State and Obaseki’s predecessor was conspicuously absent at the event.

While full of appreciation to former governors, Lucky Igbinedion and Prof. Oserhermen Osunbor, Obaseki said their identifying with the government and support was a great boost to his finishing strong agenda.

He said the state government under his watch has improved the public infrastructure and has continued to chart the path for a greater Edo over the past eight years.

Obaseki said the master plan is to guide and establish a trajectory for where Edo state should be headed for the next 30 years.

He noted that before he emerged as governor of Edo State, there was a high level of human trafficking and irregular migration among the youths,  which undermined the state’s economic progress and development.

“The crisis we are in today as a country and a state is the fact that we fail to know that we must plan. In Edo State, I believe we are on the path of restoring the glory of a new Edo nation, and the incoming administration will have inherited a masterplan that would guide them into the future,” Obaseki said.