Wife of Godwin Obaseki, the
governorship aspirant under
the All Progressives
Congress, APC, in Edo State,
Betsy Obaseki, has accused
the past administration of the
Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in the state of pushing
girls in the state into
prostitution in Italy.
Betsy who has been busy
pursuing the aspiration of
her husband spoke to the
Vanguard newspaper in an
interview, pointing out that
the girls should not be
blamed because according to
her, something forced them
into such situation.
“Before we castigate our
daughters who are engaging
in trafficking or travelling to
Italy, I think we should first
sit down and ask why the
situation is like that, it
cannot just happen like
that”, she declared.
She said the obvious reason
was that previous
governments have failed in
the state.
She added “It is the failure
of government that caused it.
“People leave the country to
go to another country in
search of greener pastures.
A child who is comfortable in
his father’s house will not
leave for another man’s
house.
“Children go out when they
are badly treated at home,
when they are not happy. So
rather than government
castigating these our women
they should look inwards and
accept that they have a
responsibility to these girls.
“If you fix this state and
make it attractive our girls
will not leave. You can see
that the trend started
abating when Governor
Oshiomhole came to power,
they started seeing hope in
Edo state and they are living
here today doing one thing
or the other.
“So past governments in this
state failed our people and
that is why they were all
going to Italy. If you make
this state attractive like the
APC government is doing
today, every body will want
to come here and stay.
“So I will not join any one to
castigate these girls at all, it
is never their fault but the
failure of the past
governments. And I thank
God for the Comrade
Governor who has laid the
foundation for progress in
this state.”
She assured that her
husband, Obaseki will build
upon what Oshiomhole had
done and Edo people will see
the state become greater.