By Titus Akhigbe
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party(PRP), Patience Ndidi Key ,has vowed to effectively implement the developmental programmes in her manifesto, such as affordable health care, skills acquisition program, agribusiness and tourism to drastically reduce poverty in the state.
She stated this yesterday at Ogua Community, Ofuwenegbe Ward 5, Ovia North East Local Government, Ukhiri Eresoyen Ward 8, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government area and Ore-Oghene, Ward 5, Oredo Local Government area of the state.
The only female candidate in the guber race thanked the three communities for the opportunity given her to meet with them, saying she would fulfill all her promises to Edo People if elected governor.
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According to her, “am not here to make unnecessary promises I won’t be able to fulfill. programmes and policies in our manifesto would improve the quality of lives of the people through the judicious use of available resources in the state.
“We must work together to put the right person as governor of Edo State in order to achieve good governance which will lead to quality health care delivery to ensure the well being of the people, especially to curb maternal and child mortality in the state.
” It is our plan to have a good skills acquisition program where the teeming youths who cannot go through school will have the opportunity to learn various trades of their choice and make a living from it. We will also have a good agricultural program for us to be self sufficient in food production. To achieve this we must invest in the area of security in order to effectively protect the Farmers from being attacked by invaders. Edo State can create a global furniture hup that can generate huge revenue for the state”.
Continuing,Key, a former chairman of Nigeria in the Diaspora in the United States of America, promised to join hands with the Diaspora community to bring development to the state if elected governor.
“I want a better life for our people because we have the resources to do that.
“Our biggest agenda in our manifesto is to touch the lives of the people. We have intelligent people in our state who are very creative. We will harness that to make things work. Poverty promotes hunger and anger. I’m here as your daughter to put things in proper place that would bring succour to our people so that they can smile again. Let us sincerely joined hands together to work for the party to win”
On their part, spokespersons of the communities visited, Elder Sunday Bazuaye, Comrade Efosa Ada and others said they were satisfied with the governorship candidate’s presentation and promised to work for the party in order to achieve victory come September 21.
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