Bob_E: Hater, you are emphasizing what I said that the water situation in benin had been worsen by the present administration when they are suppose to improve on what is on ground. Fool, what makes you think every one likes you comrade governor simply because he is doing his work, is that not what he has been elected to do, I critice constructively not destructively like you.

I will prefer water in people’s houses rather than spraying it up in the air at ring road in the name of beautification, if you are told to choose, which will you prefer, think. I am not opposing him in any way, give the people water, please.

Osheshe: @ OP....
God bless you for this response,presnently am in benin and am in awe at the good job been done. The ugbowo road project is federal and the snail speed at which RCC is working is so annoying the traffic jam in the morning afternoon and evening is terrible if you don't have an ac in your car you are on your own. Let's wait for the rains to see how tomline area will b submerged?
Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. I'd like to state a few of mine here.

For starters, this issue of water has being present for years...long before the Comrade's tenure. As far as I can tell, most residents in the state never benefitted from this so-called 'Ikpoba river dam project'.

Was this dam project intended for a select few? I know for a fact that areas along the Ugbowo axis, right up to Aduwawa, Upper Mission Extension, Ogbelaka, Oko but to mention a few still rely on the water board and generous neighbours for water supply.

I lived at Agenmonmen Crescent off Oyadie and Gapiona Avenues once upon a time. In the very heart of the so-called GRA and there was and still is water scarcity.

My point is, you can talk about water and its scarcity just because once upon a time, you probably benefitted from the dam project. What happens to those who never benefitted from it? Did the project supply water to all the corners of the state? Capital NO!

Whatever the case, I'm sure there are very good reasons for discontinuing the project. Rome wasn't built in a day. Let's give room for this wind of change and be the better for it. DELAY does not mean DENIAL.

Secondly, terming the on-going road projects as 'renovation' works, is nothing short of myopic. Haba! He has done a wonderful job! Give credit to whom it is due. Prior to his tenure, majority of the roads in Benin were nothing to write home about. Now we have smoothly tarred road that are properly demarcated and dualized, making life easy for both pedestrians and those driving.

Or is it the traffic control system? This has brought sanity back on to our roads. Still on the issue of roads, can you honestly term the ongoing work being done on the stretch of Uselu-Ugbowo-Lagos road a 'renovation' project? If this is the only project he accomplishes, he deserves a warm handshake jor! This stretch of road has been a nightmare for years now, most especially during the rainy season. Adolor junction is perpetually submerged in water and the gutters were non-existent.

Also, the demolition exercise is not something you can actually talk about unless you understand the motive behind it. My dad was employed in the ministry of lands, survey and housing and he explained this to me in great detail.

This ministry is the brain and back bone behind these demolitions. What happens is this...when you buy a plot of land and make plans to build, there is a certain minimum setback which must be given from the edge of said building to the fence line....this is applicable to all the sides of the building.

Even as a practising architect, this detail is very necessary before any building plan is approved. Some very stubborn people within the state deliberately flout this by either extending their fences towards the road, by building retail shops in front, which weren't indicated on the plan.

Others simply skip the approval process and go right ahead to start building. For such, you'll usually find a big bold and sexy 'X'...followed by 'REMOVE' and then 'MLSH'.

For those who built close to the moat, you said it yourself that they were given fair warning. Why didn't they comply? Now you wanna paint the state government black over the stubborn nature of those peeps? You're wrong.

In the heat of the road expansion and dualization projects, I recall that the fence around the Oba's Palace was affected and the Oba himself had to break down the said walls and rebuild another. The moral lesson? No one is above the Oba himself. If he can do it, I believe every other person should be able to toe the same line should the situation arise.

Lastly, I believe those who have eyes have seen what the Comrade has done and still is doing. This aint propaganda. In all of the 8 years Lucky ' Big Thief' Igbins spent at the helm of affairs, Edo state and her people were the worse for it. Could he dare paste posters of his face around town? People were ever ready to scratch out the eyes and entire face from the poster sef.

The comrade can do this because his works precede him.

My two cents....

vizboy: @op i stay in auchi and have lived in benin.
And i can proudly say oshio baba is the best governor Edo has ever had. When you talk about demolition they were compensated and comrade govern is working not just in the construction of road but in the education sector. He has done a wonderful job and i have to give credit to him. The works speaks for themselves

Bob_E: Wow, I envy you. My house is so close to several polling centre that even when I am not willing to vote, I can’t help but observe what is going on. So many people including ACN supporters could not cast their votes in my locality. They just littered around the poling centers smoking Indian hemp and waiting for their share of money earmarked for them from the party headquarters.

Also, I wonder why you don’t take the various media reports seriously. According to the various media, election materials arrived as late as 4 pm in many places. The so called comrade governor was only waiting for the poor election result; he forgot that his reputation was at stake as far as conducting election is concerned.

After the election, I knew that ACN will never win any presidential election as they don’t know how to conduct credible poll.

dapachez: Tortoise you can lie oh. When I wake up I will

dapachez: Tortoise you can lie oh. When I wake up I will answer you. I have lived all my life in edo state and when I left 6 yrs ago it was a sorry sight but when I came in december I was held in awe at the transformation. How many paces have pipe borne water? I attended edo college in the 90's and there was never pipe borne water except the bore hole. I stayed at medical stores road and adolor college road the water situation was on and off that we had to use jerry cans to go look for water over long distances,till we moved to ubth quaters where there was nothing like tap water as the hospital had its bore hole supply. Does water board function well in benin? Go and take statistics a lot of houses have bore hole supply and provide for their neighbours.some sell while others give freely. The bore hole in my house at isihor supplies my neighbours who don't have the means to won one and its for free.In my street alone over 20 houses have bore holes. Go check out the road network the interlinking roads,go check out the way he is trying to fix five junction up. Did the previous administration do even a quater of what Oshiomole did in just four years and still counting. I aint holding forte for him but for God's sake when you see progress or something tangible been done,try and appreciate it. All these achievements aint a big deal cos its what the people deserve good roads,water and electricity. That said for the street lights I can't say much cos I don't go out at night and if I may ask has there ever been a time when street light worked in benin after oyegun era? The only street light I ever knew worked are the ones at ring road while the ugbowo uselu axis is always off and on
. From the end of your post I can see you are a pdp apologist nuff said

dapachez post=/post/13747217:
Tortoise you can lie oh. When I wake up I will answer you. I have lived all my life in edo state and when I left 6 yrs ago it was a sorry sight but when I came in december I was held in awe at the transformation. How many paces have pipe borne water? I attended edo college in the 90's and there was never pipe borne water except the bore hole. I stayed at medical stores road and adolor college road the water situation was on and off that we had to use jerry cans to go look for water over long distances,till we moved to ubth quaters where there was nothing like tap water as the hospital had its bore hole supply. Does water board function well in benin? Go and take statistics a lot of houses have bore hole supply and provide for their neighbours.some sell while others give freely. The bore hole in my house at isihor supplies my neighbours who don't have the means to won one and its for free.In my street alone over 20 houses have bore holes. Go check out the road network the interlinking roads,go check out the way he is trying to fix five junction up. Did the previous administration do even a quater of what Oshiomole did in just four years and still counting. I aint holding forte for him but for God's sake when you see progress or something tangible been done,try and appreciate it. All these achievements aint a big deal cos its what the people deserve good roads,water and electricity. That said for the street lights I can't say much cos I don't go out at night and if I may ask has there ever been a time when street light worked in benin after oyegun era? The only street light I ever knew worked are the ones at ring road while the ugbowo uselu axis is always off and on
. From the end of your post I can see you are a pdp apologist nuff said

dapachez post=/post/13747217:
Tortoise you can lie oh. When I wake up I will answer you. I have lived all my life in edo state and when I left 6 yrs ago it was a sorry sight but when I came in december I was held in awe at the transformation. How many paces have pipe borne water? I attended edo college in the 90's and there was never pipe borne water except the bore hole. I stayed at medical stores road and adolor college road the water situation was on and off that we had to use jerry cans to go look for water over long distances,till we moved to ubth quaters where there was nothing like tap water as the hospital had its bore hole supply. Does water board function well in benin? Go and take statistics a lot of houses have bore hole supply and provide for their neighbours.some sell while others give freely. The bore hole in my house at isihor supplies my neighbours who don't have the means to won one and its for free.In my street alone over 20 houses have bore holes. Go check out the road network the interlinking roads,go check out the way he is trying to fix five junction up. Did the previous administration do even a quater of what Oshiomole did in just four years and still counting. I aint holding forte for him but for God's sake when you see progress or something tangible been done,try and appreciate it. All these achievements aint a big deal cos its what the people deserve good roads,water and electricity. That said for the street lights I can't say much cos I don't go out at night and if I may ask has there ever been a time when street light worked in benin after oyegun era? The only street light I ever knew worked are the ones at ring road while the ugbowo uselu axis is always off and on
. From the end of your post I can see you are a pdp apologist nuff said