Edo 2024: Obaseki, PDP Leaders Meet, Ahead of Ward-to-Ward, Governorship Campaigns

* Edo gov confident of victory on September 21

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin-City

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at the weekend, met with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from all the wards across the 18 local government areas of the state to strategise ahead of the governorship election taking place on September 21, 2024.
The meeting was held at the New Festival Hall, Government House, Benin City, the Edo State capital.

Present at the stakeholders’ meeting were the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Marvellous Godwins Omoboyo; Chief of Staff to the governor, Dr. Osaigbovo Iyoha and Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Blessing Agbebaku.

Others were Chief Tom Ikimi; Senator Clifford Ordia; state party Chairman of PDP, Dr. Anthony Aziegbemi; PDP governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo; local government chairmen, members of the Edo PDP Working Committee, and serving commissioners, among others.
Obaseki, who expressed the party’s readiness for the forthcoming election, thanked the party leaders for their commitment, dedication and courage, which he said have kept the party together as one strong, united, and indivisible party.

He said: “I want to thank you all for rallying round the party to organise the Ad-hoc Congress, which produced the party’s candidate for the 2024 Edo State governorship election. That congress chose our candidate and the primary that produced Asue Ighodalo is being celebrated nationwide as the best in the nation.
 “I thank you all for working with the delegates and for electing him as our candidate to carry our flag in this election and to succeed me as governor of Edo State. I have known him for about four decades and thank God for giving us somebody who I am certain will do better than I have done. He has the attributes, intelligence, and integrity and grew up under the great discipline of his mother.

“I am convinced that with the efforts that all of you have put in, Asue Ighodalo will be the governor of Edo State come September 21 governorship election 2024. We are the only party in the state and I am not afraid; we will win the election.”
“We commend the Director General and members of the campaign council who have been working seriously underground. I thank you all for the hard work and effort put in to make our campaign a successful one.”

He further noted: “We have been able to inaugurate the State Campaign Council, Local Governments Campaign Council and the ward campaign teams are all in place too. We have also been able to upload the list of all our party agents in all the 4,519 units, and successfully uploaded the names of all our agents into the INEC portal. This meeting is to brief you on our political activities over the next 60 days leading to the election.

“The candidate is finalising his campaign itinerary. What we have done is to make sure that the last campaign will take place on September 18, 2024. Local government campaign will start on September 1, while this campaign will be flagged off on August 29, 2024, where we will be inviting national leaders of the party to come help us with the flag-off of the campaign.

“Between today and that date, we expect the candidate to tour all the 192 wards in the state as the candidate will be making stops in all your wards.”