Good decision from the aspirants....let them test their popularity at the primaries .....The truth is Obaseki has a better chance with his achievement in less than 4 years as governor. The following are a list of some achievements of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-Led Government
grouped under the six thematic pillars of the state:

1) Economic Revolution
2) Infrastructural Development
3) Institutional Reforms
4) Social Welfare Enhancement
5) Environmental Sustainability
6) Culture and Tourism


1. ECONOMIC REVOLUTION

• Edo Job Initiative; over 150,000 beneficiaries
• Establishment of Edo Innovation Hub, popularly referred to as “The South-South Silicon
Valley”; over 22,000 beneficiaries
• Creation of Edo Production Center to drive industrial development and create jobs
• Launch of Edo State Oil Palm Program (ESOPP); N69 billion committed by the CBN
• 10,000 hectares across 3 senatorial districts adopted for rice production
• Remodeling and re-equipping of the Government Science and Technical College (GSTC)


2. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

• Emotan Garden Housing; 100 out of 1,440 units completed
• Establishment of Jara Mall
• New automated model for revenue collection; implementation of the Edo Revenue
Administrative System (ERAS)
• Ugboha/Uromi and Auchi water projects
• Construction of the Edo State Secretariat complex, Block C and Block D has been
completed.
• Construction/Renovation of roads across the 3 senatorial districts of the state including;
368 road contracts awarded; 274 road projects completed including:
Construction of Lucky Way
- Irhirhi-Aruogba-Obazagbon-Ogheghe Road
- Rehabilitation of Secretariat Road, Igarra
- Textile Mill Road (ongoing)
- Ugbor-Amagba (ongoing)
- Ekaewan Road (ongoing)
- Road construction project at Obakhavbaye (ongoing).
- Rehabilitation of Uzebba-Ukpoje-Akagbor Road
- Construction of Orhodua Bridge
• Reduced cost of Certificates of Occupancy to N50,000
• Renovation of High Court Complex
• Tayo Akpata University, Abudu Campus (ongoing)
• Ossiomo Power Plant; 55 megawatt capacity (ongoing)
• Azura-Edo 461 MW open cycle gas turbine power station
• Inauguration of Benin River Port, Gelegele project
• Creation of Edo Modular Refinery (ongoing)
• Construction of Ikpoba River dam
• Establishment of Benin Enterprise Park (ongoing)
• Renovation of Oba Akenzua Cultural Center
• Construction of Judges Quarters (ongoing)
• Construction of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iguoriakhi (ongoing)
• Laying of fiber optic for faster internet speeds with collaboration with MainOne; 450km
street by street fibre deployed in Benin City.
• Construction of modern car park.(ongoing)


3. INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

• Wabizigan launched: launch of new security architecture and implementation of Security
Management Information System.
• Implementation of State Integrated Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS)

• Development and passage of a consolidated Public Financial Management (PFM) and
Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) for better financial management.
• Inauguration of Industrial Court in Edo State.
• Implementation of Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy for better control of
Government’s resources.
• New and better EDSTMA: The Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency
(EDSTMA) has been revamped and repositioned for better service delivery to citizens.
• Contributory Pension Scheme for local government workers established.
• Eradication Community Development Associations (CDA’s) from our communities and
stopped Agberos from collecting revenues for Edo State Government.
• Creation of online website "EdoMonitorMe" Portal for transparency and monitoring of
projects.


4. SOCIAL WELFARE ENHANCEMENT

• Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EDOBEST) programme: implementation of
modern teaching techniques and technology.
• Over 11,000 teachers trained across the state
• Edo State Sports Commission Bill passed into law and Edo State Sports Commission
established
• Over a million textbooks distributed across the state
• Establishment of Edo State Task Force on Human Trafficking to curb irregular migration
and human trafficking
• Launch of Edo State Health Insurance Scheme to quality and affordable health care
services for citizens.
• Twenty primary healthcare centers revamped.
• New Central Hospital opened
• Renovation and facilities upgrade of Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium
• Violence against Persons Bill has been signed into law to addres


5. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

•Commencement of reclamation of erosion damaged embankment along Upper Mission
Road by Temboga.
• Remediation measures in Auchi through the Nigeria Erosion Watershed Management
Project (NEWMAP).
• Operation Clean up Edo Project has put in place to prevent indiscriminate dumping of
waste


6. CULTURE AND TOURISM

• Successful hosting of the 2019 National Festival for Arts and Culture.
• Reintroduction of Culture Clubs in public schools


GOVERNOR GODWIN OBASEKI’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID – 19
SCREENING AND TESTING

• Primary Health-care centres spread across the 18 LGAs, with 62 designated screening
centres
• Private Health-care centres across Benin City with 40 designated as screening centres
across Benin City.
• Mobile Screening centres across 6 LGAs, with 78 Screening point spread across respective
wards: 12 wards respectively in Oredo and Etsako-West LGA, 10 wards respectively in
Egor, Ikpoba-Okha, Esan West and Ovia North-East LGA.
• 64,200 persons have been screened via mobile screening centres, with 2,361 suspected
cases with samples collected. 51% Male screened and 49% Female.
• 212,000 persons screened via the fixed screening centres (Private and Primary Health-care
Total of 276,200 persons screened so far.


FACILITIES
• Setting up and equipping of 3 isolation facilities in Stella-Obasanjo Hospital, University of
Benin Teaching Hospital, and Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital.
• Purchase and installat of 2 new PCR machines at Stella-Obasanjo Hospital and University
of Benin Teaching Hospital.
• Purchase 18,000 Rapid Testing Kit (RTK).
• Acquisition of 4 Autoclave machines
• Establishment a Covid-19 support call centre to manage questions and quarries from
citizens.
• Upgrade of Emergency Operation Center (EOC) at the Hospital Management Board
complex with support from the USAid department carried out an
TRAINING
• Training of 4,218 health personnel to effectively fight the COVID-19.
• Special training to be organized for Helpline call attendants. Public health experts to be
included as trainers.
MOTIVATION
• H.E Godwin Obaseki approved a hazard allowance ranging from N90,000 to N300,000 for
frontline health worker.

Why should they step down for him? Obaseki has two heads or what? Obaseki want to be governor and they want to be governor. They should all contest in a free and fair primary election and the winner should be the party’s candidate. Telling others to step down is undemocratic.

If we are going to progress as a nation and improve our democratic processes, we need to start strengthening the internal democracy of our political parties. Political parties cannot throw up the best candidates if we keep manipulating the system to favour vested interests. General election is merely to fulfill all righteousness since the political elites already rigged the party primary against popular candidates.

It is a democracy. Nothing strange in their decision. It is left to the electorate on the day of the primary to make their choice out of the lot of them, which one gives PDP the best opportunity to win the election.

Clearly Governor Obaseki with the momentum and groundswell of support amongst Edo electorates offers the best odds for PDP amongst them all presently and the smart money is on his emergence as the PDP candidate & eventually Governor of Edo State.

All na initial shakara before money changes hands. The right price would do it.
PDP knows that Obaseki would be their best bet to finally unseat the APC

Obaseki should leave no stones unturned in matching Oshiomhole and Kabaka devilry for devilry.
No one is a monopoly of political thuggery.

Once Obaseki steps up his compensation package for them and get to promise them some juicy incentives including contracts should he be re-elected, they will step down for him. Those 3 guys have planned how to cash out big o, so nobody should rush them

This is war

Lol. We all know how it will end. They will still step down when they settled them. No be Naija we dey?

Good decision. PDP should conduct a free and fair primary election, that's their only chance of winning this election. Obaseki doesn't particularly have a good record in Edo state.

Good people, please go through this thread. I need your advice/suggestions.

https://www.nairaland.com/5942073/how-sort-life-out

Lmao
Initial gragra

Initial gra gra. They will eventually break when the gana must-go reach their side

There is no way three of them will win the primaries. One winner must eventually come out.

And non of this three is popular enough to stand against Pastor Ize Iyamu

Why won't they just allow their selfish interest not ruin your party's chance of taking over Edo State?

Hallams:
Lol. We all know how it will end. They will still step down

And if they don't, what would Obaseki do? Decamp to NCDC party?

What most of you don't realize is that those telling them not to step down are bigger than Obaseki.

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And what do you want me to do about that? I should come and fight for him or what?. Because I don't know why you're telling us.

Obaseki is getting the ticket

And the son of a prophet prophesy once again. It will be difficult to ask those in PDP to step down because that is where the main election is. The winner of the PDP primary is the governor-elect. It is worthy to note that APC has no valid candidate.
Take this to the bank.

Its even better they dont step down ...lets follow due process.So that no one wud come at the end of the day to say OBASEKI was favoured.

Obaseki but I think I warned you? You can't be given automatic ticket, you're just a foreigner Copy from Ambode

All na mouth, they will still step down.nor b Nigeria again

That's interesting! Let the most popular win!

Good of them. Why should they step down for him? Because he is the governor? Arrant nonsense

Let Obaseki campaign along with his opponents, let's see if his popularity can save him

Na them sabi ooo

Good

Good for democracy..

I don't know why the man bent on going for second time by fire by force.
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For those of you who support one useless party or the other ask yourself why an enemy from another party will join them and all of a sudden the angels and best men for the job which pdp has been pushing to it's stupid supporters are suddenly asked to quit the race. The day you supporters of one party or the other realise that these people you are carrying on your heads do not send you then you'll have sense.