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ongoing construction of Adolor College Road, Ugbowo Benin City, Edo State.

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*Progress update on revamp of Palm House*

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40k was fraudulently withdraw from my money yesterday by 12;05pm and the pos spot that did the transaction was trace to lagos street in benin city. please how can i get my money back

*Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in trouble*

https://www.newscornerng.com/2022/06/my-univeristy-certificates-is-missing.html

Just In: Obaseki, Yahaya Commissioned Five Projects in Benin City





https://www.newscornerng.com/2022/06/just-in-obaseki-yahaya-commissioned.html

Edo PDP: Kassim Afegbua not our member

https://www.newscornerng.com/2022/06/edo-pdp-kassim-afegbua-not-our-member.html

Obaseki Visits the family of late Nigeria Musical Legend Amb Osayomore Joseph


https://www.newscornerng.com/2022/06/obaseki-visits-family-of-late-nigeria.html

Obaseki, FG Launch Passport Production Centre, Enhanced e-Passport in Benin


https://www.newscornerng.com/2022/06/obaseki-fg-launch-passport-production.html

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*Obaseki redeems promise, secures three-year record deal for physically challenged artiste, Razalee*

Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has secured a three-year music recording deal for physically challenged artiste, Samuel Aigbodion, also known as Razalee, whose performance thrilled the governor and other guests at the 2018 Alaghodaro Music Concert held in November 2018.

Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osazee Osemwegie-Ero disclosed this while addressing journalists on the governor’s fulfilment of his promise to the artiste, in Benin City, Edo State capital.

The commissioner said the contract, worth N10 million, will cover production of music videos, accommodation, car and other logistics that will be required to ensure Samuel Aigbodion's success in the entertainment industry.

Osemwegie-Ero explained that Samuel Aigbodion showcased his talent at the 2018 Alaghodaro Concert to mark the governor's two years in office, where the governor pledged to support him with N10 million, noting, “The money will assist the artiste secure a music contract for that amount, as Slize Entertainment has been engaged to manage the artiste’s career, and see that he excels.

"We appreciate the governor who kept his promise. The Ministry will work with Slize Entertainment to ensure that terms of the contract are adhered to during the three-year period.”

Manager, Slize Entertainment, Ode Paul Usegbe, commended Governor Obaseki for the gesture which he described as unprecedented, noting, “This gesture is commendable. It is an act of giving back to society. It is more heartwarming when it involves a physically challenged person. We are here to brand him and introduce him to the industry.”

The artiste, Aigbodion, expressed appreciation to the governor, stating, “My goal is to project Edo State. We are stepping into the music industry full time to project Edo State to the world.”

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Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osazee Osemwegie-Ero (middle); music artiste, Samuel Aigbodion aka Razalee (right), and Manager, Slize Entertainment, Ode Paul Usegbe, during presentation of a cheque to Razalee, at the Government House in Benin City, Edo State capital.
 
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Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osazee Osemwegie-Ero (left) presenting a cheque to music artiste, Samuel Aigbodion aka Razalee (right), at the Government House in Benin City, Edo State capital.


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*Obaseki will not sacrifice Edo’s collective patrimony for a few persons’ insatiable greed – Edo govt*

The Edo State Government has said the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration will never sacrifice the state’s collective patrimony to gratify the insatiable greed of a handful of individuals who have constituted themselves into mischief makers in the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to blackmail the government and the party.
 
In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said no amount of divisive politics and falsehood employed by a few persons in the state chapter of the APC, will discourage the Obaseki-led administration from delivering dividends of good governance to the people.
 
Ogie said “only a handful of individuals whose insatiable greed the governor has refused to entertain at the expense of the peoples’ collective patrimony have decided to employ malfeasant tactics to blackmail him, the government and the party. They have since been advised to accept the fact that the peoples’ interest takes precedence over their avarice and that is our final word to them.”
 
Ogie noted that the state gubernatorial election is almost a year and half away and “Governor Obaseki's focus is to work for Edo people who gave him the mandate and no form of distraction will dissuade him. There is no gainsaying that there is a general acceptance of Governor Obaseki and his approach to governance.
 
He urged the dissenting persons to sample public opinion to measure how Governor Obaseki’s policies and programmes impact on the lives of Edo people, noting, “All that is needed to gauge public opinion is to walk through the streets in any part of the state. The revolution in basic education, transparency in governance and huge infrastructural projects are sufficient to erode the effect of any fake news or contrived controversy.
 
“Edo people restated their faith in Governor Obaseki when they voted en masse for the APC in the last House of Assembly election in the state, with the APC coasting to glory in all 24 state constituencies, a feat, never before achieved in our recent political history. The message was clear: Edo people want an APC-controlled Assembly to support the governor's vision for the state.” 
 
Ogie urged Edo people to disregard detractors and their planted stories and hogwash, adding that more than ever, the Obaseki’s administration is committed to their wellbeing. 
 
“Our aspiration to create a state where all Edo people and residents can realise their dreams and place Edo State where it rightly belongs as a center of development is now within reach. So, for us as a government, we will continue to emphasise development, peace and unity to ensure a secured, prosperous future,” he noted.

*Concerned AAU alumni frowns at National EXCO’s alleged highhandedness, others* 


Chairmen of the Ambrose Alli University Alumni Association have frowned on alleged misconduct and high headedness of the self-styled Worldwide Association’s Executive members led by Prof. Omi Ujuanbi, who deliberately violated the association’s constitution in an attempt to create a self-perpetuating cabal.


The concerned Chairmen of Branches and members condemned the situation whereby Prof. Omi Ujuanbi constituted himself a sole administrator to allot positions to stooges, some of whom were not qualified, in order to cover for his inability to render accounts of stewardship.


In a press statement, the chairmen said that the terms of a settlement in Suit No. HEK/30/2015 entered as the judgement of conduct of the High Court, Ekpoma has been flagrantly violated.


The statement was signed by Chairman, Lagos Branch, AUU Alumni Association, Frank Egboh; his counterpart at the Benin Branch, Hon. Fidelis Ogbejele; and other concerned members, including Emmanuel Osayimwen and Francis Umeh.


They further noted after a meeting of concerned chairmen and members of the school’s Alumni Association on Saturday March 16, 2019, observations and resolutions were reached, concluding that there was flagrant and deliberate disregard of the constitution of the Alumni Association in the conduct of the October, 2018 Annual General Meeting amongst other serious violations of the Constitution.


“There is highhandedness of some group of persons within the Association with the sole aim of institutionalizing a cabal. The clandestine attempts by the accused Executive and their collaborators to illegally constitute a body to investigate itself with a view to coming up with an orchestrated finding,” they averred.


They said the observations made on the series of petitions, complaints, grievances and worries are serious enough for the appropriate authorities of the Association to give it a critical look, as they will ultimately save the dwindling image of the Association and by extension that of our great institution.


They warned that the neglect and or failure of those concerned to urgently intervene will no doubt plunge the Association into legal battle which will ultimately lead to another crisis.

*Obaseki: Thriving With Politics Of Good Nature*

By Roy Oribhabor

Given his calm and reticent persona, many politicians and non-politicians alike in Edo State are still perplexed about the manner of politician, which the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is. Every step Obaseki takes as a politician seems to baffle the traditional politicians within and outside the state. In the election that brought him to power in 2016, he lost in the Edo Central Senatorial district of the state in a fairly spectacular manner.

Following this rejection by many Esan people therefore, what a typical Nigerian politician will do is to completely abandon that section of the state. Yes, the typical Nigeria politician will quickly toss Esan people away, after all, they are the region with the smallest population in Edo State. Edo South where Obaseki hails from has over 50 percent of the state’s population; Edo North, the home of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has just above 20 per cent; while Edo Central has less than 20 per cent of the population. So, with Edo South and Edo North showing up strongly for Obaseki and bringing him to power, the convenient way to carry on would have been to abandon the Esan people of Edo Central. Bearing in mind that with one section of the state out of the equation, there will be more to share in the regular ‘chop, I chop’ politics which has become common in Nigeria. But not Obaseki. He does not dwell on hate, bitterness and the ‘do me, I do you’ principle which politics in Nigeria is unfortunately now mostly renowned for.

The Esan people were hostile at the beginning. Youths from there at a time pelted the governor’s convoy with stones. Thereafter, the people in Esan North East, around Ugboha and Uromi area prevented him from accessing the community in respect of a water project he was championing for Esan land. Obaseki was however unfazed, he kept courting Esan people like a bloke seeking the affection of a damsel playing hard to get.

He picked up one of their heros, Prof. Ambrose Alli, who was indeed a hero of not only the entire Edo State but also a hero of the then Bendel State and Nigeria in general, but had been seemingly forgotten and his labour as a past hero profaned.

Obaseki re-enacted Ambrose Alli’s greatness in a sublime event to mark the 29th anniversary of the death of the Esan and Edo political hero, who set the stage for what gave the then Bendel State the edge to compete with the then Western region of Nigeria as one of the most educationally advanced parts in the country.

All of Edo, Delta and Nigeria on Obaseki’s prompting, stood still on September 22, 2018 and paid tributes to this hero that had been treated as a villain for decades.

Not long after, Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, another Edo political hero of Esan extraction, went to be with his maker. Love Chief Anenih or hate him, there is no controversy over the fact that at a time in our history as a nation, this man from a minority tribe in a minority state in a minority region of Nigeria bestrode the nation’s political space like a colossus.

Obaseki ensured that he was buried like a political hero that he was despite being the leader of the main opposition political party in the state. In exchange for their hostility at the time, Obaseki embarked on massive infrastructural development in Esan land. Across Ekpoma, Irrua, Uromi, Ubiaja, Ewu, Ibore and several others, the people will attest that no recent government in Edo State has paid so much attention to Esan land. Schools renovated, rural and sub-urban roads revamped, erosion threats and challenges checked, age long water scarcity confronted.

Mesmerized by the good-natured politics which has become synonymous with Obaseki, many in the state struggle to find an adequate definition for the governor of Edo State within the context of Nigerian politics mostly characterised by distrust, vile insults, bitterness, hatred and unforgiveness. First, some see the governor as a technocrat, rather than a politician. They hinge their position on the fact that before 2016, Governor Obaseki was a financial and business expert. He was the Chairman of Edo State Economic Team during the administration of Comrade Governor Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. He contributed greatly to the improvement of the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). As Governor of Edo State, Obaseki has been able to use his expert knowledge and wealth of experience to improve on the state’s economy, diversify the economic base of the state and manage the scarce resources from the federation account.

Secondly, some regard the governor as a quiet man whose actions speak for him. These set of people made comparison between the former Governor Adams Oshiomhole and Godwin Obaseki, and concluded that while the former is very verbally expressive about everything he does, the latter simply and quietly executes projects without any fun-fare attached to it. This approach of Godwin Obaseki has earned him the nick name “Wake and see Governor.” Furthermore, many people have referred to Governor Obaseki as a true democrat and a progressive minded person. They base their argument on the fact that Obaseki always respects the rule of law in whatever he does, unlike in the past when things were done with impunity.

For instance, Governor Obaseki fully transmitted power to his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu to act as the State Governor while he was on vacation. The letter to that effect was forwarded to the State House of Assembly and read on the floor of the House. This has not been the case in previous governments. In the execution of projects, Obaseki has been rated very high by the people, especially in the area of road construction. It is very visible in Benin and other towns across the state that major roads and adjourning streets are being asphalted and reconstructed. This is helping to give the state a facelift, resolving the problem of traffic congestion and giving people easier access to their homes, businesses, and other locations of socio-economic importance.

Governor Godwin Obaseki has broken the jinx surrounding the uncompleted and neglected Secretariat/Palm House building on Sapele Road in Benin City, abandoned for over 40 years. He is working hard on the completion of the project as well as embarking on the construction of new buildings within the Palm House and High Court premises on Sapele Road. A visit to this centre of government business reveals that work is ongoing night and day to ensure early completion of the projects. The uncompleted buildings used to be home to destitute and a hide out for all categories of criminals. But today, the story has changed.

Another area where Obaseki is doing extremely well is the payment of workers salaries, as well as the payment of pension and gratuity to retired civil servants. Gone are the days when pensioners used to stage protest to demand for the payment of their entitlements. Indeed, Edo State workers are paid their salaries latest on the 26th of every month, while the pensioners are paid a day earlier. Another remarkable achievement of Governor Obaseki is that he has been able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Edo State can work without the services of area boys otherwise known as “Agberos,” who in the past unleashed terror and mayhem on commercial bus drivers, taxi drivers, market women and other traders in Benin City, in the name of collecting revenue for the State Government.

Today, both state and local governments collect their revenue using their own staff. The state government is working on how to take revenue collection to the next level, where people will have to pay their taxes and levies electronically through the use of cards. This will not only help in bringing decency to revenue collection, but it will also ensure that all leakages are completely blocked, thereby ensuring that every tax payer’s contribution gets to government coffer and is used judiciously to meet the needs of the people. Anyone who visits the former Benin Technical College would see that the school is undergoing massive transformation, courtesy of Governor Godwin Obaseki. The school when completed would be able to train youths on technical skills in carpentry, electrical, civil, and mechanical engineering, among others. Obaseki says he looks forward to the school becoming a training ground for youths who want to acquire vocational and technical skills that will make them not only self-reliant, but also employers of labour.

Also, the Edo State Innovation Hub, at I.C.E. Road, Benin City, is another fantastic initiative by Governor Obaseki to assist youths to develop their innate abilities and acquire useful Information technology skills. The Edo Innovation Hub also helps to train prospective youths on how to develop business plans, write business proposals and how to source for fund to start small and medium scale businesses. The state government under the leadership of Obaseki has introduced the most transparent and credible way of appointing qualified candidates into the state civil service through its Edo Job Portal. Every graduates of Edo State can upload their credentials and application, using the website linkwww.edojobs.edostate.gov.ng).

The Edojobs is an initiative of the Edo State Government under Obaseki to create over 200,000 jobs for Edo State people through partnership with both private and public sector operators. Almost 90,000 jobs have been so far created under the initiative. Since its inception, Edo jobs has become a household name and a pool for sourcing qualified personnel for the best job matching and recruitment process. So, if you ask me what manner of man Governor Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is, I will say that he is a leader to be trusted both in words and action. He is a true democrat, a technocrat, an administrator par excellence, and a detribalised and good-natured politician. For me, Obaseki has been able to change the narrative when it comes to road construction, job creation, infrastructure development as well as political and social re-engineering in Edo State. Today, he has earned the respect and support of well-meaning Edo people and other residents in the state. Other politicians may not like to hear this, but for a fact, as at today, among the ordinary voting population, Obaseki is the most loved and most popular politician in Edo State.

There is therefore no doubt whatsoever that the people of the state are ready to go with Obaseki in 2020 to ensure that transparency in governance and enthronement of the best interest of the people are sustained.


*_Oribhabor writes from Benin City_*

Source:

https://leadership.ng/2019/04/25/obaseki-thriving-with-politics-of-good-nature/

*Edo JAAC declares N2.77bn allocation for LGAs*

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has declared N2,769,964,452 as total allocation that accrued to the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state from the Federation Account for the month of February, shared in March 2019.

Chairman, Oredo Local Government Area, Hon. Jenkins Osunde, disclosed this at the end of the monthly JAAC meeting presided over by Governor Godwin Obaseki, at Government House, in Benin City, Edo State.

Osunde, who is also Chairman, Edo State Chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), noted that teachers' and non-teachers' salaries gulped N1,143,184,336, while Local Government contributions for pension is N276,144,513.

"Total deduction from LGAs is N1,740,183,728 and net allocation to LGAs is put at N1,029,780,723. Total amount transferred to LGAs stands at N1,015,930,901," he added.

According to him, "February Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) is N175, 843,666. Net IGR paid to LGAs is put at N131, 678, 251."

Osunde explained that there was decline in the allocation for February as well as IGR, which is expected to increase in the month of March, as the decline was on account of the election period.

*HOW AIRHIAVBERE, ODUBU, OTHERS QUASHED OBAHIAGBON'S SENATORIAL AMBITION*

_By Sylvester Ibhane_

The news of how some APC leaders especially former governorship aspirants in the 2016 election in Edo South denied Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon an opportunity to be at the Nigerian Senate is beginning to emerge.

Reliable information from party members faithful to Oshiomhole and Obaseki indicates organized sabotage. Journalists on election duty in parts of Edo South have corroborated claims by some party faithfuls that across the district, loyalists of former governorship aspirants worked against the party's interest.

It is only a matter of concern that the governor of Edo State gets an authentic report from the State Security Architecture or the Department of State Service, where necessary, testimonies from party faithfuls to help separate the wolves from the sheep in the party.

It is an open secret that in Oredo local government, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd.) invited PDP mobilizers to his house, handed them logistics meant for APC with a simple instruction to deliver all possible Polling Units for the PDP.

The helpless APC faithfuls had no choice than to give way for the combine force of PDP, Airhiavbere and aggrieved ex-revenue collectors who vowed to disgrace the governor in his own local government area for changing the status quo.

Dr. Pius Odubu a former Deputy Governor of the state who was appointed Director of Logistics of the Presidential Campaign Council for the purpose of pacifying him to forget his loss at the 2016 Governorship Primary actually dealt the decisive blow on APC following his wide network of loyalists across the Senatorial District.

In Orhionmwon where Odubu hails from, the former Chairman of APC in the local government and leader of Odubu's political structure Chief Matthew Ehigie delivered his Ugboko Ward Polling Unit to the PDP with a margin of over 250 votes. It was the same with Odubu's Private Principal Secretary Mr Felix Obamwonyi who openly fought with the APC leader Chief Roland Ibierutomwen to deliver his Ugbeka Ward Polling Unit for the PDP.

It would have been the same in Evboesi Ward where Princess Elizabeth Iduoze a female confidant of Odubu who was earlier demoted as leader of APC in the Ward for sabotage in 2016 was frustrated by the political machinery of the Council Chairman who is from that Ward. Iduoze who openly campaigned for PDP prior to the election using the Deputy Governor's Hilux Van have been long under check, hence her anti party efforts was neutralized.

The case of Ugu Ward where a close ally of Odubu and former State Publicity Secretary of the APC Comrade Godwin Erhahon took the PDP House of Assembly Candidate for Orhionmwon South Constituency around the communities in Ugu Ward is public knowledge. He has openly instructed voters in his community to vote President Mohammadu Buhari and reject APC Senatorial and House of Representatives Candidates, but his efforts was rubbished by other party faithfuls.

The chief orchestrator of Edo South sabotage in APC Dr. Pius Odubu, with a different strategy from the one he applied in 2016, won 1 out of the 3 units in his Orhomehe Village for APC and canceled most of the votes out in the other 2 Polling Units by giving PDP victory, but for the help of one Osawole a former leader of PDP who defected to APC recently, other villages were won to deliver the Ward which Odubu is desperately moving to take glory of because PMB is victorious.

The most shameful of all is that of the former Director General of Odubu Governorship Campaign Organization and former House of Representatives Member who currently serves as an Executive Director in NIGCOMSAT Barr. Samson Osagie. How could a man fight his boss because of his inability to forgive perceived wrongs by a particular Candidate of the party.

Samson Osagie is reported to have fought openly with the Vice Chairman of Uhunmwode local government council who happens to be from the same Ward, in his bid to deliver the Ward for PDP. While he won his unit for APC in fear of possible outcome of the elections, he relentlessly engaged Hon. Iyayi in other units, but for the influence of Late Efionayi Iyayi, he was disgraced. Now, he wants to claim the glory he resisted.

Investigate the sabotage, only then you will realize that Oredo, Orhionmwon, Uhunmwode, Ovia, Ikpoba-Okha and Egor would have produced more votes which was supposed to be a plus for APC and a minus for PDP to send Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon to the Nigeria 9th Senate from 2019 – 2023. This would have won Edo for President Mohammadu Buhari too.

So, in investigating why Buhari and some other APC Candidates lost in Edo South, be sure that I have told you that we lost to sabotage by Airhiavbere, Odubu, Osagie and others time and thorough investigation will expose.

Many may want to argue the facts presented here to protect their interest, but I am sure everything far more than I know and wrote here will be unveiled shortly by the party except the APC has taken the voyage of gradual extinction in Edo State with maximum conviction in the 2020 governorship election.

Oni-Okpaku Celebrates the release of Ohio-Ezomo, Appreciate Gov Obaseki..

The Edo state commissioner for environment and sustainability Dame Omoua alonge Oni-okpaku celebrates the release of Hon Michael Ohio-Ezomo who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on the 24th of January 2019 at his Eme-Ora residence. He regained freedom on Saturday, March 2, 2019.

Hon Michael Ohio-Ezomo is the All Progressive Congress Owan West House of Assembly constituency Candidate.

Dame Omoua Oni-Okpaku “ Am grateful to God Almighty for keeping him safe and sound, and I want to also sincerely appreciate Edo state government ably led by Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki and his deputy Comrade Philip shaibu for playing a vital role in his release. We the people of owan appreciate your effort and continuous support. We assure you to deliver owan west constituency to All progressive congress come this Saturday 9th of March 2019. Once again we are grateful"

*Obaseki appreciates Edo people for increasing acceptance of APC*

Following the outcome of the presidential elections in the state, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expressed appreciation to Edo people for the growing acceptance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Presidential and National Assembly elections.

In a statement by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the governor said that the state’s performance in the 2019 election is an improvement on its performance in the 2015 elections.

According to him, “With the results out, it is obvious that there is a growing acceptance of the APC in the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The margins show that we have considerably closed the gap here. The outcome of the polls turned out to be better than the previous one held in the state in 2015.

The governor’s aide said that a comparison of the results shows that in 2019, PDP polled 275,691, and the APC got 267,842; while in 2015, the PDP scored 286,869 against APC’s 208,469 in the presidential election.

“In 2015, the margin of defeat was 78400 votes, but in 2019, it dropped by 90 per cent to 7849 votes. This is a considerable improvement on the party's performance,” he added.

He assured that a better feat will be recorded in the March 9 gubernatorial and house of assembly elections. He said the state government is growing towards a people-oriented political culture, which bodes well for democracy.

According to him, “We appreciate the people of Edo for coming out en masse to cast their votes and for aligning with the vision of returning President Muhammadu Buhari, and we wish to congratulate them for the party's strong showing.”

**Oni-Okpaku Congratulates IhonvbereAs House Of Representatives Member-Elect In Owan Federal Constituency**

The Honourable Commissioner For Environment and Sustainability Dame Omoua Alonge Oni-Okpaku has congratulated the House of Representatives Member-Elect for owan feeder Constituency, Prof Julius Ihonbvere on his deserving victory in the just concluded general election.

Oni-Okpaku in a statement Released to news men, she stated that the victory of Prof Julius Ihonbvere is a victory for democracy and it's a pointer to the fact that the people of owan have confidence in the ability of Prof Ihonbvere to Deliver the needed dividends through sound lesgislation at the green Chamber

She urge him to use his wealth of experience to bring more Development to owan people. Dame Omoua Alonge Oni-Okpaku also used the opportunity to thank the good people of owan for coming out to support the Governor of Edo state Mr Godwin Nogheghase obaseki by voting All progressive Congress in the general elections.

“ Am delighted to congratulate Our house of Representatives Member-Elect Owan Federal Constituency Prof Julius Ihonbvere on your victory at the polls. The victory shows that the owan people want a new direction that will bring more Development to the people. I urged you to bring your wealth of experience to play at the green Chamber by Attracting more Development to our Constituency.

Am particularly happy that the people of owan paid back the good work of Edo state governor Mr Godwin Nogheghase obaseki by voting massively for All progressive Congress. This was also reflected particularly in ward 3 Owan west local government area where APC won the election after many years of losing the ward to the opposition.

Once again accept my congratulations even as I pray For God Manifold wisdom to rest upon you as you embark on this new national assignment” .