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Real Politicians Don't Make Fake Promises But Always Take People By Surprise by Kennaija(m): 12:11am On Apr 11, 2021 |
Real Politicians Don't make Promises. Real politicians don't make promises, they always take people by surprise. A practical example of which my father was a living witness date back to the 1990s when Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu was campaigning to become the governor of Benue state under the platform of SDP. He will always tell the people that they already know where he is coming from (the Church), that he don't have anything to give them but let them just vote for him he will not disappoint them if elected. He made this same statement when he went for campaign at Akpagher-Mbatiav, (the commercial and political head quarter of Mbatiav district. Mbatiav people are politically influential because of their numerical strength. Any candidate they choose to support usually comes out victorious. They stood behind Fr. Adasu and at the end of the day he emerge the winner. Adasu in appreciation went back to Mbatiav people to thank them for supporting him and told them that he is going to compensate them by building a cement factory for them. The following week Adasu mobilized people to site in preparation to building the factory but the dream hit the rock when Adasu was forced out of office by the military. Apart from this Adasu within a short period of time in office established Benue state university, upgraded College of Education, Oju, started BENCO Roof Tiles, Katsina-Ala fruit juice company...... to continue reading follow this link ���� https://kennaija.com/real-politicians-dont-make-fake-promises-but-always-take-people-by-surprise/ |
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