[b] Benin city, the Edo State capital stood still yesterday,
when the chairman of the state Economic Team, Mr
Godwin Obaseki officially declared his intention to run
for the 2016 governorship election under the All
Progressives Congress (APC). In his declaration,
Obaseki said, “It will be a sin against God and my
people if I walk away from Edo state with the
knowledge and experience that I have gathered. It will
be unpatriotic not to stand and be counted. Over the
last thirty years I have had successful experience in
the private sector and over the last seven years I have
been part of the most successful administration in
Nigeria which is Edo state”.
It was endorsement galore as Obaseki announced the
state Commissioner for Works and Oshiomhole’s
political son, Mr Osarodion Ogie as his Campaign
Director. The Speaker of the state House of Assembly,
Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, led other members of the state
House of Assembly to endorse Obaseki.
Majority Leader of the House, Folly Ogedengbe
endorsed Obaseki on behalf of the Edo North people,
former Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Lucky
Imasuen endorsed him on behalf of Edo South while
the Deputy Speaker of the House Justin Okonobo
endorsed him on behalf of the people of Edo Central.
Others who endorsed him include the youth wing of
APC led by Tony Kabaka, ALGON led by Morrison,
market women and several leaders of the party. The
traditional Urhokpota hall was filled to the brim while
members of the state Executive Council were also
present.
Ogie who endorsed Obaseki on behalf of members of
the Governor Adams Oshiomhole Political family, said
they will not embark on any hate campaign because
“we have a good product. You cannot build your
house and abandon it for a tenant to take over.
People are shouting continuity, continuity, what are
you going to continue, it is Oshiomhole’s work.
“Obaseki is the best person to do the work. The game
just started, we will not abuse anybody but anybody
who abuses us, we will reply. I speak for Oshiomhole
political family, we have endorsed Obaseki and the
game has just began”, he declared.
Obaseki in his address said “as this administration
comes to an end, we are faced with new challenges,
as you all know the price of crude oil has reduced
significantly therefore Nigeria is not able to earn
enough foreign exchange to import its goods and
services. This has brought economic hardship to
many of us. These challenges pose new threats to us.
In the face of these challenges, we need a leadership
with fresh and original ideas to help us face these
challenges, so that we can build on the success of the
Oshiomhole led administration.
“We must be courageous and determined to achieve
the goals we want for our people. I therefore stand
before you today, on the shoulders of the successes
built by the current administration over the last seven
and half years,we have transformed Edo state in all
aspects. However, the Edo project is still work in
progress and we are now in the most delicate part of
the journey. We cannot afford any reversal in the
achievements we have made today.
“There are a lot more we still need to do. We still have
to construct thousands of kilometres of road into our
rural communities and into farms. We still need to
improve our school infrastructure.’’
We need to further strengthen our service delivery to
our people, we need to address the unemployment
problem which is facing us. It will be a huge risk for all
of us if we revert political powers to those who lack the
deep understanding of how we got to where we are
and how we have achieved what we have achieved
and how we will make the link between what we have
achieved and our future.
“If we make the mistake of giving power to such
people we will go back and suffer more than we have
ever suffered before. By the grace of God that will
never happen in Edo state. I am very proud and happy
that I have been an integral part of the success we
have achieved in Edo state. The knowledge I have
gained in the last seven and half years have put me in
a unique position to understand what is required to
take Edo to the next level.
“ I believe that I can fly Edo higher. What Edo state
needs today is a leader who in addition to political
sagacity has the managerial, and intellectual
experience to manage the state in this difficult time.
Over the last sixteen weeks, I have consulted
extensively with elder statesmen across the state, with
my colleagues in government, with my family and
friends and with delegates around the 192 wards of
Edo state.
I stand before you today with the commitment to
ensuring that what we have achieved is not only
sustained but so that we can guarantee the future of
our children, so that we can provide empowerment for
our women, our pensioners, civil servants, markets
women, our artisans with deeper involvement with our
traditional institutions. I therefore announce to you all
that I am seeking the ticket of the APC so that I can fly
the flag of APC come September 10, 2016. I will
continue to build the infrastructural revolution that we
have started.
“We have been able to manage the finances of Edo
state better and ensured that there is transparency in
government. We have improved service delivery to our
people through the use of ICT. This government has
executed several projects in all aspects, it is because
of this transparency that Edo state remains one of the
few states that are able to pay salaries” he stated.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/obaseki-declares-edo-guber-race/[/b]

with what I just read Apc will confidently coast to victory

Let Conduct A Mock Poll Here,
Between Godwin Obaseki(APC) and Osagie Ize-Iyamu(PDP), Who do You Think will Emerge Governor comes 10 September 2016,
Like for PDP and Share For APC.

Dead on Arrival!


Pastor Ize Iyamu is the Next Governor of Edo state

To fine na crime for edo state?


Make we dey try small na abi na wetin?

TonyeBarcanista:
Dead on Arrival!



Pastor Ize Iyamu is the Next Governor of Edo state

Abuja— The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has made a major breakthrough in
pinning down and obtaining first hand information
from the major beneficiaries of the $115 million (N24
billion) payout by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani
Alison-Madueke, through the former Managing
Director of Fidelity Bank.
Apparently relying on information provided by the
former MD, who was quizzed and released by
operatives of the commission last week, EFCC
intensified its grilling of top Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, members who shared the loot a few hours to the
last presidential election.
In a bid to recover the N1.2 billion received by the Edo
and Cross River states chapters of PDP, EFCC,
yesterday, questioned the former governor of Cross
River, Senator Liyel Imoke, to shed light on how the
N500 million the state got was used and his role in the
sharing and utilisation of the money.
Imoke, who is being questioned for the first time since
the cash scandal broke out, was taken in along with
the state PDP Chairman, Ntufam Okon, who reportedly
collected the N500 million the state chapter received
out of the N24 billion cash bonanza.
Similarly, the former Deputy Governor of Edo State,
Chief Lucky Imasuen and former Secretary to the State
Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, were quizzed
for hours at the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of EFCC
over N700 million they reportedly collected and
shared.
The questioning of the three key PDP officials
coincides with the admission by two former ministers
in the administration of former President, Dr. Goodluck
Jonathan, Musa Sada from Katsina State and Asabe
Asmau Ahmed from Niger State, that they actually
collected N1.1 billion of the slush fund ahead of the
presidential poll last year.
While Sada told EFCC investigators that he collected
N700 million and handed over the cash to the state’s
finance commissioner as instructed by the state
governor, Ibrahim Shema, Asabe Asmau disclosed that
she kept N105 million out of the N450 million of her
state’s share for herself and handed over the balance
to PDP in the state.
However, EFCC is insisting that they should refund the
amount they collected from the bank since it was
taken from public till.
EFCC is likely to charge the former ministers to court.
An official of the commission told Vanguard last night
that the officials being questioned had made useful
information available to operatives and that such
information was being studied to be able to make the
next move.
“We want the money back because the money was
taken from the public treasury and we have made it
very clear to all those involved in the looting and
sharing of the huge cash,” the source said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/n24bn-payout-efcc-detains-ize-iyamu-imasuen-quizzes-imoke/

Edo can't have a well known criminal for a governor

TonyeBarcanista:
Dead on Arrival!


Pastor Ize Iyamu is the Next Governor of Edo state

you be inec?

Eze - Iyamu we know. We don't know Obaseki here except his Co party people.

[quote author=Jirate post=45660569][/quote] lol, don't be disappointed, ize-iyamu still have another date to keep with efcc.

NextGovernor:
Eze - Iyamu we know. We don't know Obaseki here except his Co party people.

Bursted, an Igbo man coming to Nairaland to post false info.
nor be only eze, na uze.

KINGinVAHALA:
Bursted, an Igbo man coming to Nairaland to post force info. nor be only eze, na uze.

Lolz check all my post you will see I am a core Edo man.
Mr Mistake finder, nazo them dey spell force? Please it's "false" not "force".

NextGovernor:


Lolz check all my post you will see I am a core Edo man.

Mr Mistake finder, nazo them dey spell force? Please it's "false" not "force".

lol, you be ode I swear, lol
anyway, I was just catching fun and not because I spell better.

Mr Edo Man, whats your local govt and ward? lol

KINGinVAHALA:

Bursted, an Igbo man coming to Nairaland to post false info.
nor be only eze, na uze.

Nawa for una o, so anyone that is not supporting apc is an Igbo man or woman abi?
You despise igbos so much, but the chief financier of apc election is ameachi. Igbo man.


Am ijaw, cos I know you will still call me igbo

ok

Jirate:
Let Conduct A Mock Poll Here,
Between Godwin Obaseki(APC) and Osagie Ize-Iyamu(PDP), Who do You Think will Emerge Governor comes 10 September 2016,
Like for PDP and Share For APC.

None would get my vote!

Ok

,

The obaseki that looted nff?

NextGovernor:


Lolz check all my post you will see I am a core Edo man.

Mr Mistake finder, nazo them dey spell force? Please it's "false" not "force".

KINGinVAHALA:

A landslide victory for apc isn't negotiated,
its the only and real deal.

The media propaganda against anything APC in the SS/SE zone will not let that happen. The guy will try but victory is uncertain.

GodpunishBuhari:


you be inec?

Edo can't tolerate APC again....



@OP: If you like post pix of Iyamu with handcuffs, Na who no be thief among them?

Great family

donphilopus:


None would get my vote!

Better vote for the pastor, cause voting apc would be a waste of time. they won't win any polling unit



morning ekpe

In a fair election without rigging or vote-buying, Ize-Iyamu will beat Obaseki.

Because most of Edo South (67% of Edo State population) won't vote Obaseki. Deep historical reasons behind it.

Obaseki will have to win 90% in both Edo North & Edo Central to win.

Attempt by Oshomhole camp to manipulate things will cause huge wahala during this election.

K

in this present economy that is so terrible,my dear forget apc or pdp talk oo..the person with the most money shared on that election takes the day.......This politicians are all criminal

drejenny:
The obaseki that looted nff?

[b] DIRECTORS’ PROFILES « View All Godwin Obaseki Founder & Vice Chairman Godwin Obaseki, Founder & Vice Chairman,Afrinvest West Africa Limited,27 Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Born in Mr. Benin City, Nigeria, Godwin Obaseki started his working career in 1983 as a stockbroker with Capital Trust Brokers Limited Lagos. In 1986 he joined International Merchant Bank (an affiliate of First Chicago Bank) and in 1988 he was employed by AVC Funds Limited, Lagos where he served as a Project Manager in setting up two banks in Nigeria. Between 1993 and 1995 he worked in New York as a principal of Equatorial Finance Co, a financial advisory firm focusing on Africa and providing structured trade finance for African related transactions through the provision of credit, financial advisory and risk insurance. He Founded Afrinvest West Africa Limited (formerly Securities Transactions & Trust Company Limited (SecTrust) ) in 1995 and the firm has become a leading stock broking firm in Nigeria and trusted adviser in the domestic corporate finance market, pioneering major innovations and providing leadership in the Nigerian Securities market. The Firm has advised on numerous landmark transactions including the first Eurobond Issue by a Sub-Saharan Africa Corporate (outside South Africa); the first ever simultaneous merger and tender offer transaction in Sub-Saharan Africa and the largest ever listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Afrinvest has been ranked as a major Investment Research firm which is at the forefront of playing instrumental roles in the introduction of new financing products such as Eurobonds and Global Depository Receipts to Nigerian Companies. Professionally, Mr. Obaseki has served on the Presidential Committee on the Reform of the Nigerian Pension System. He also served on the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission Committee on the Re-activation of the Nigerian Bond Market and the review of the Investment and Securities Act. He served as a member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Council between 2006 and 2009. He also serves on the board of Dorman Long Engineering Limited, Pillar Oil Limited, KCA Deutag Nigeria Limited, Seric Impianti International Limited and Paelon Memorial Clinic. Mr.Godwin Obaseki currently serves as the Chairman of the Edo State Government Economic and Strategy Team (EST). He served as founding secretary for a New York based US Africa Chamber of Commerce New York in 1992, which promoted US organisations doing business in Africa. He is a Trustee of Junior Achievement of Nigeria, -the local affiliate of the worldwide Not for Profit organisation which trains students to appreciate market economy values. He also participates actively and serves as Trustee, in the Dr. Jackson Owen Obaseki Foundation, a family owned NGO which is involved in providing free educational and health services to the poor and needy. He had his early education in St. Matthews Anglican Primary School Benin City and Eghosa Anglican Grammer School, Benin City and later attended the University of Ibadan, Columbia University and Pace University in New York. He has a BA in Classics and MBA in Finance and International Business. Mr. Obaseki is also a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers, Nigeria, an alumnus of the Lagos Business School Chief Executive Program and was nominated a Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World Economic Forum in 2001. [/b]
http://www.dormanlongeng.com/management/managementDetails.aspx?index=4