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the fact is that the same ekosodin road obaseki just completed some weeks ago.... i just wonder how this man thinks .............. PDP all the way Gov Obaskei all the way 4+4 torgba

obaseki is a goal
MEGA agenda is a goal
PDP is a goal
4+4 is a goal......

him death go soon join the achievements of 2020

if una like campaign door to door or room to room God has win ..... 4+4 ogbane..............

like oshio would always say be care full of those that carry bible in the day and ak47 at night

LukasPodolski:
Jonathan ole

ole barawo

na make u nor fit ever progress for life so mumu

evansjeff:
So it's straight forward.

I will start with mine, I have been hearing of 24hrs steady light, I never believed until recently, I am in Benin City, Edo state. The area I stay in Benin, we have 24hrs stable light. Though we heard the line is a special federal line.

Sometimes self, the light dey tire me, I've been thinking about how to make maximum use of it.

So tell us yours, indicate your state and exact town.

Let's get this on front page to have a wider view cross the country.

Baba u dey lie ooo where for Edo state u dey when dey enjoy 24 hours light ?

this tribunal governor would not face his state affairs rather he would be jumping to Edo state to come and conduct election

*Edo State Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities endorses Obaseki *

Henry Okpamen

Another endorsement for Obaseki came in today by the Coalition of Ethnic Nationalities in Edo State. The leader of the group while speaking said they decided to endorse Obaseki and pitch their tent with him because he is a detribalized man who works in the interest of both indigenes and residence of the state.

“We have come to endorse Our Governor, Godwin Obaseki for his laudable projects scattered around the state. His empowerment programmes has touched both the indigenes and the residence of the state. We are very proud of the work he has done. We will mobilize all of our people in order to ensure victory for him come September 19th”.

Speaking on behalf of the governor, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy thanked them for their support and assured them that their support will not be in vain as Governor Obaseki is prepared to continue his giant strides in development to ensure that Edo becomes the innovative and business hub of Nigeria. He said victory for Obaseki is certain because Edo People appreciate good things.

*Edo Times *

Gd bless Edo state
God bless the good people of Edo state
God bless Godwin Obaseki of Edo state.

4+4 torgba.....

even if he likes he should go to the United states and see trump ......edo state belongs to GOD and God would win.....

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the quiet unassuming builder we cannot afford to gamble with-- By Paul Nosa Ogiehor.


Electioneering in Nigeria is mostly driven by sentiments not hard facts. Who can make the loudest noise? Who can run an intense campaign and who can outsmart the other in ground work mobilisation, etc?

I have always said that builders don’t usually have their eyes on the next election round; they are focused on the next generation. Builders don’t play in the slow lane of history; they are targeting long term investments that will transcend several generations.

Governor Obaseki, in just under 45 months, has been able to lay the ground work that will transform Edo forever.

This sounds rather upbeat as people will say it is not in my usual style to sing praises of anyone let alone politicians with unpredictable mood swings, but throughout this campaign, I have repeatedly said I will endeavour to remain neutral and free to have the legitimacy that comes from expressing a public sentiment rather than an institutional interest.

In reaching this conclusion, I have carefully examined his actions and policy choices and I have narrowed my lens to these key challenges:
•Increases in human capital, proxied here by average education levels across the adult population;
•total factor productivity growth, which is driven by technological progress and adoption;
•actual real and nominal growth in capacity building and in expanding the frontier of socioeconomic development and
•expanding the building blocks of development for others to build on.
The emerging facts are compelling and groundbreaking.

There are, of course, many angles to look at his trajectory of growth from, without any insinuating bias or cloudiness of any kind.

One of such area is to consider his scorecard against his predecessor with unfettered hope that his performance has been consistent and does hold in the long run, at least approximately, as is demonstrably the case, in the short and near terms.

Governor Obaseki’s development choices are less silos and less fragmented compared to his predecessors’ especially in approach and methods.

There is clearly a blueprint of integrated development and a vision with a road-map that can be measured against.

One key performance indicator has been a shift in all major indices. In health, Governor Obaseki met a situation with 3 doctors to 10,000 people and has progressively improved that to now 8 doctors to 10,000 in a period of time when the national average fell from 2.5 to 2 to 10,000 residents.

Though still less than the world’s average of 15 doctors to 10,000, that is a remarkable fete bearing in mind that all the other 35 states have seen a decline.

Just this morning, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released quarterly unemployment figures. Governor Obaseki met Edo unemployment rate at 39 percent in 2016 and has progressively improved it every quarter since then. Q2 on Q1 (2020) saw a big jump from 25.1 percent to 19 percent despite the impact of COVID-19 and the spiral tailspin of global economic outlook since March of this year.

That is an unbelievable achievement.

Nationally, unemployment has worsened. Edo now effectively has the lowest unemployment rate in South South geopolitical zone with Akwa Ibom at 45.2, Bayelsa at 27.8, Cross River at 31.6, Delta 40.3 and Rivers at 43.7.

Edo receives the lowest allocation from FAAC compared to these states and has by far less collateral assets compared to them.

Effectively, since 2016, Governor Obaseki’s administration, according to the NBS figures, has created a little shy of 250,000 jobs in a state that’s widely seen as a “civil service” state.

Edo, starting from a lower level of economic development has demonstrated a better and faster catch-up potential than the rest of the states. A key outcome of the future prevalence of Edo State will be the sheer speed at which it is growing.

If this trend continues, by 2032, the size of Edo economy will be greater than all other 5 South South states put together, assuming it will continue to pursue broadly growth policies. The broad trends identified should be relatively robust to variations in those other states.

That is transformational!
Nowhere has Governor Obaseki reforms been more profound than in the key sector of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). In just only 3 years, IGR has grown by 500 percent making Edo the second revenue generator in Nigeria on per capital basis without layering the tax regime with double taxation.

In fact, tax-per-person, especially in the informal sector which was riddled with collection fraud and theft before he came, has actually been lowered. Commercial bus drivers, who used to pay 2400 Naira per day to Agberos, now pay only 800 Naira per day directly to government through the POS system.

Governor Obaseki’s adoption of technology in this area has not only stopped the fraud but it has lowered the tax burden on individual contributors and has at the same time increased revenue generation to treasury five-fold.

If Edo can sustain the right kind of institutional framework to support growth, as it is currently doing, in 5 light years, Edo will increase its IGR to twenty times its current level and the spiral effect of that will be unprecedented economic growth never before experienced anywhere in the global southern hemisphere. I can take a bet on that!

A recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report described Edo pivotal reforms in basic education as transformational. Better known as EdoBEST, this reform program in education has drawn the attention of world leaders and it continues to be the benchmark for other states to key into.

The WEF said teachers in Edo are able to do in a semester what they used to teach in 5 years. This is not only driven by technology but as well, by process re-engineering of the five pillars of work: governance, teacher training and development, community partnerships, infrastructure, and the local education board.

The impact is phenomenal.
Several institutional reforms in several sectors are all coming together as ONE VISION birthing growth programmes like Edo Innovation Hub, Edo Industrial Park, Edo Land Reforms (GIS), too numerous to mention. Not to mention the recently commissioned OSSIOMO Power project that will free up 55 megawatts of energy to the national grid. 4 states, including Edo and Ondo that BEDC currently serves, together have a capacity of 40 Megawatts.

OSSIOMO would have been enough to power 24 hours of uninterrupted electricity in Edo if not for the shared national demand. Governor Obaseki is building clusters of many power projects to target specific public buildings and services.

And you have a strand of numerous projects with huge economic impact that are either nearing completion or at implementation stage. Gelegele Seaport will redefine business transactions for Edo and Delta states when completed.

The refinery at Ologbo will fuel the engine of further growth and that is at 70 percent completion.
The whole landscape is dotted with one huge economic project or the other.

Edo is on the right track and given another few years with same mindset and trajectory, the story will be different.

If we do not get it right in this election, we will all live to regret it and generations to come, will bear the brunt.

lolllllss..... oshimole loyalyst....

lie lie muhamed and lies.........

man is desperate wants power at all cost doesn't mind collecting tittles from the pit of hell......

na wa ooo nothing obaseki no go see for government house for second term ooooooo

TheGodlessGod:
Citizen centric offer kee you there.

Where's the gelegele port?
Where's the central park?
The royal museum?
The industrial park?
Emotan garden?.
Benin enterprise?.
A new city in Edo south??.

You think Edo people will vote for obaseki just because he repainted the Secretariat and stadium despite billions we received monthly??. God punish you

from your comments i can confidently say u are not based in benin city.

the same way oshiomole is ruining that of ize iaymu in edo state.

You are treacherous- Enojies of Esan Land to Oshiomhole and Ize-Iyamu

Edo Times can authoritatively report that there was a mild drama today at the venue the Ize-Iyamu Campaign team met with the Onojies of Esan Land to solicit for their cooperation and support in the September, 19th 2020 gubernatorial election. Neither Ize-Iyamu nor Oshiomhole was allowed to speak more than the time that was allotted them. The tension was palpable in the air. You would recall that Immediately after the hard fought 2016 election, Comrade Oshiomhole suspended the Onojie of Uromi for the political stand he took during that election. A suspension that was eventually lifted by Governor Obaseki.

Edo Times learnt that Oshiomhole was the first to stood up to talk but he was greeted with most Enojies speaking in hush tones. Oshiomhole sensing danger ahead, started to become defensive but some of the Onojies wasn’t taking it lightly with him and went into verbal spat with him that almost degenerated into fisticuffs. Ize-Iyamu campaign team quickly moved to get the press out of the hall but it was too late for them as most press already videoed the verbal exchange.

The team left the venue with heads bowed. Oshiomhole continues to be Ize-Iyamu’s biggest albatross as he looses more people daily.

NCDC ............