Edo 2024: APC Flag Bearer Urged To Address Edo People In Pidgin Or Esan Dialect

By Osariemen Idiaghe

The Edo State Government has called on the All Progressives Congress(APC) and its flagbearer in the forthcoming governorship poll in the state, Senator Monday Okpebholo, to speak up on their plans for bettering the lives of the people of the state.

The Hon. Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare who made the call while addressing pressmen on Wednesday said “it is not unexpected to see the All Progressive Congress in Edo State resort to campaign of calumny and mudslinging, peddling falsehood and mistrusts.

According to the commissioner, “Edo people are wise and cannot be deceived by the diversionary tactics of the APC.

“They are interested in the candidate and want to hear him canvass his vision for the State.

“In fact, we don’t want him to speak in English anymore, because we know he doesn’t have the capacity to; he can speak to us in his mother tongue, Esan, or pidgin. Edo people just want to hear him speak.

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“The APC is reeling from the fact that they have a candidate, who has continued to inflict the party and its handlers with the pain of making up stories to confuse Edo people and distract them from the main issue, which is selling their vision and plans to the people of the State,” he said.

Going further, he disclosed that “the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Government in Edo State, led by Governor Godwin Obaseki, commits one billion monthly to provide food palliative to millions of residents, amid the suffering that the people of the State and Nigerians have been plunged into by the APC-led Federal Government as a result of the gross mismanagement of the economy.

“It is expected that the APC should share their plans on how to ameliorate the sufferings and hardship of the people rather than resort to their usual ramblings, lies and propaganda.

“Our PDP Government led the charge in the country to raise the minimum wage to N70, 000, and the party’s candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo has promised to look at ways to further increase the figure. We want to hear from the APC and its candidate what their plan is in this regard.

“Are they going to increase or reduce the minimum wage like they boasted a few weeks ago when they thought the Federal Government was offering N62, 000 as minimum wage? Do they have a more innovative way to raise funds to finance the minimum wage? What exactly is their plan?”

Nehikhare stressed that no candidate “in the history of Edo State has had over 300 spokespersons and says nothing by himself. It is quite embarrassing and speaks to the quality of the person of Monday Okpebholo, the APC candidate,” he added.