By Simon Ebegbulem

NATIONAL Chairman of the APC Chief John
Odigie Oyegun has urged the people of the state
to vote massively for the candidate of the party,
Mr Godwin Obaseki, saying the state stands a
better chance of benefiting more from federal
presence if another APC government is elected
especially when the national chairman of the
party is also from Edo State.
Odigie-Oyegun who spoke in a broadcast to the
people of the state Sunday said it would be
dangerous to vote for the PDP asserting, “What is
most distressing is that we have today lined up
in the PDP the same people that were
responsible for the disaster of ten years of PDP
rule in Edo State.

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman
of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
“For the squandering of our patrimony, in a
situation whereby not one single significant
project, not one single road was done in those
ten years. The same people are lined up again to
ask for the people’s vote, and I want to plead
with you to say a resounding no for a repeat
performance of ten years of PDP rule”.

According to Odigie-Oyegun, “ I wish to make
this final appeal to you, because of my deep
concern and desire to sustain and make
irreversible, the giant and laudable developmental
progress that our state has experienced in the
nearly eight years of the APC administration. All
true patriots and lovers of our State must agree
on the need to build upon and accelerate the
current pace of development. We owe this to
ourselves and coming generations.

“In the last sixteen years of democracy in our
country, our State has experienced government by
two political parties. It is incontestable that
compared with the first ten years of the PDP
administration, the nearly eight years of the
present APC administration has witnessed
tremendous growth in the infrastructural and
human resources development of our State. I
believe that all true patriots of Edo State would
like a continuation of this tempo of development
and even at a higher pace.

“Edo State has the singular blessing of producing
the current National Chairman of the governing
party, an advantage which should be pressed to
the optimum benefit for our people. Your elected
governor and the National Chairman working
together will ensure and attract the maximum
federal presence to Edo State.

Edo state must retain its position in the
mainstream of national politics to sustain and
enhance the bargaining capacity of our leaders at
the national table of leadership.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/edo-will-enjoy-federal-presence-voting-obaseki-oyegun-tells-edo-voters/

Tai short up there go oyegun go and clear the wahala u have cause in ondo first...meanwhile Tinubu said you no dey answer your call u no pick him call all of una no know road again una don fail olodo set of people

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

Smh.... so its only when apc wins that they would feel d presence of d fed.govt... Nigeria politics tho.. meanwhile Only an insanepeinsane person would vote for apc...

Oyegun must be a glorified fool.And what have the FG offered Nigeria as it's now that Edo state can't benefit from? This man seems to underplay the incalculable damage the APC have wreaked on our national life.Well 2019 will tell,but Nigerians should start sending the message from the Edo & Ondo elections.

There's something that baffles me about Nigerian politics....you hear political parties and their leaders saying if you vote for us, we will bring federal presence to the state or constituency...is their any region that doesn't need the federal presence or attention? why is it that these people always talk like mentally deranged people...so because APC has the power @ the centre, Edo people must vote for them or else no they won't attract federal presence? is that what democracy says? shameless old men that are suppose to be role models.

Oga, dem say you should resign

Nigerians that voted for APC at the federal level are not even feeling the federal presence. Edo people are smarter now.

Resign Now

Are you saying they wouldnt enjoy federal presence without voting for APC? What a shallow mentality

So they won't enjoy federal presence if APC shud lose...

Bunch of dullards...

Zombies wud not see dis couz they go blind to read news like dis..

Oyegun you nor well....stupid old man

Whether federal presence or no federal presence Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is ED0 state next governor..

Tinubu Asks National Chairman Oyegun To Resign.
So which fed is he on about

Dats a pati chair talking abt his state.

Nigeria z sick ; i dont knw y.

As national pati chair, He cannot bring federal presence to his own state o.

Wat z wrong wt my country?

Federal government presence of hunger and strife? Abeg Oyegun should go die.

apc will win no doubt...pdp is dead and buried

thesicilian:
Between the devil and the deep blue sea

who told u, we in edo are undecide, it is one way option, no alternative, we are not in-between, it is apc all the way.

Jesusloveyou:
who told u, we in edo are undecide, it is one way option, no alternative, we are not in-between, it is apc all the way.

Are you voting APC because you feel they have done very well at both national and state level, or because you hate PDP due to Igbinedion's disastrous tenure?

[quote author=thesicilian post=49680734
,Are you voting APC because you feel they have done very well at both national and state level, or because you hate PDP due to Igbinedion's disastrous tenure?[/quote]all of the above, and in addition- dis same ize-iyamu as a person, is d one that rubbish lucky regime for 8yrs, he was heavy weight looter and he became one of the richest in edo state after tony aneni and igbinedion, in short- may God have mercy on me, i just hate d three of them for sharing our money.
https://www.nairaland.com/politics

u are right

one chance knocking on d door don't let d devil in