Godwin Obaseki says he will produce 100 millionaires in Edo state in four years, if elected as governor

– Godwin Obaseki says he will produce 100
millionaires in Edo state in four years, if
elected as governor
– The APC guber candidate residents had no
reason to be poor with the presence of
natural resources in Edo state
– Obaseki says that the process of wealth
creation required the cooperation of all
residents
Godwin Obaseki, the governorship aspirant
of the All Progressives Congress in Edo state,
has disclosed his goal is to produce 100
millionaires after four years, if elected as
governor.
Obaseki made this known on Monday,
September 19, during an interactive session
with a group, Grassroots Youth Initiative, in
the Ikpoba Okha local government area.
According to him, the residents had no
reason to be poor with the presence of
natural resources in the state, The Punch
reports.
He said: “God has blessed us in Edo. No state
is like Edo. We do not have any reason to be
poor; the only reason why we are poor is
because of bad leadership. With good
leadership, the sky is our limit.
“So, the first thing I am going to emphasise
in employment is to register the
unemployed because we have employed a
lot of people in the last eight years.”
He disclosed that the state government
would encourage the unemployed youth in
agriculture through the inauguration of an
agricultural scheme known as the anchor
programme.
He said: “We are inaugurating our
programme on agriculture called the anchor
programme. Edo has been selected for oil
palm, rubber, cassava, maize, livestock,
poultry and fishery. Government is going to
support all you want to do.”
However, Obaseki noted that the process of
wealth creation required the cooperation of
all residents.
He said: “Alone, I cannot do it; I need all of
you to support the project to make it work,
so that by the time we come here, almost
everybody will be gainfully and skilfully
employed.
“We have done a research in government. I
do not want to be a governor where people
fight to be senior special assistants before
they can buy cars.
“I want to be a governor that will produce
100 millionaires after four years. That is my
goal, so that at the end my tenure, the
people will truly lead because they will be
empowered.
“If you have your PVC, on September 28, you
all should come out and vote for the APC.”
Meanwhile, candidates of the gubernatorial
election set to hold in Edo state on
Wednesday, September 28, have been made
to sign a peace pact to ensure that the
elections go hitch free.
Among those who signed the pact were
Godwin Obaseki, and his counterpart from
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu.