Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State spoke on the recent election of presiding officers in the lower chamber and his conviction that the APC was on the right path with the choice of Femi Gbajabiamila as the Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives.

In this interview with a group of journalists, the former federal legislator, who represented Etsako Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2016 before becoming the Deputy Governor, described as misconception the perceived rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. Dele Anofi was there.

According him ''His Excellency Godwin Obaseki and our National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, are best of friends. Oshiomhole is like a father to me and to the governor; he is a leader, brother and friend. And the National Chairman nicknamed the governor, “Goddie Goddie” and he is still the Goddie Goddie to the National Chairman. But sometimes, the teeth and tongue will fight but the ability to live together and move on is key. I can tell you there is no tension; it is just that there is this tendency to blow up little misunderstandings and create acrimony. I can beat my chest and tell you that it is not as bad as you see, especially in the social media because those small issues that came up have been taken care of.

We did promised that we were going to create jobs and we also promised that we were going to build on the foundation laid by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, after a long neglect of infrastructure in our state. We also promised that we will enforce the rule of law and transform Edo from a civil service state to an industrial state.

But we also promised that we will never make noise about what we are going to do but we will leave it for the people to assess us. I can tell you; this has worked out for us.

When he was asked about the issues the Edo state house of assembly are having, he said

''Resolutions are actually advisory; but when you have a good relationship with the executive, they will not just be advisory but will be as potent as a law. But when you don’t have a good relationship with the executive and there is suspicion, mutual mistrust; every of your advice will be seen as trying to usurp the powers of the executive. When you have mutual trust there will be cohesion, He said.


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