*Obaseki hails public servants as Edo bags Most Improved State in Youth, Women Development*

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has dedicated the award for good governance bestowed on him by BusinessDay Newspapers to public servants in the State.

The governor, in his remarks after receiving the Award as Most Improved State in Youth and Women Development 2021, at Abuja Continental Hotel, in Abuja, said public servants who have served with him since 2016 he became governor were even more deserving of the honour.

According to him, “I thank you for this award. It is good to be reminded that the reward for hard work is more work. For us in Edo State, this is not an award for Governor Godwin Obaseki. It is an award for the very hard-working public servants in Edo State who have journeyed with me since I got into office in November 2016.”

On his travail in office, the governor said, “For the country, you know the story of Edo. It is not that we are fighters, but we have to fight to survive and when you look back six and a half years, I don’t know how we could have done it without brilliant, hardworking, resilient young men and women who have worked with me.”

Noting that the state has made tremendous progress in reforming public education, he said: “I am very proud of what we have achieved. Without being immodest, we have reset education in Edo such that the next generation of children will be globally competitive.”

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Publisher/CEO, BusinessDay Media Limited, Frank Aigbogun (right) presenting a souvenir to Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin 0baseki, during the 2023 BusinessDay Good Governance/Public Service Award in Abuja.

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L-R: Director General, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; Director General, NCAA, Musa Nuhu; Deputy Governor, Gombe State, Manassah Daniel Jatau; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Publisher/CEO, BusinessDay Media Limited, Frank Aigbogun, and Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, during the 2023 BusinessDay Good Governance/Public Service Award in Abuja.

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L-R: Chairman, Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Anthony Aziegbemi; Senator representing Edo Central, Clifford Ordia; Senator representing Edo North, Francis Alemikhena; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin 0baseki; Publisher/CEO, BusinessDay Media Limited, Frank Aigbogun, Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Marcus Onobun, during the 2023 BusinessDay Good Governance/Public Service Award in Abuja.