Airhiavbere receives ovation as he declares interest in Edo governorship race

General Charles Airhiavbere, Rtd, seated (Middle) front row at the APC Secretariat

By Bernadette Idalu
The immediate past Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC), General Charles Airhiavbere, (Rtd,) yesterday posited that the All Progressives Congress (APC), will reclaim power in the forthcoming 2024 Edo State election.

Airhiavbere who took this position at the APC Secretariat, venue of his declaration of interest, promised to return Edo State to a state of peace and tranquility, backed by an adequate role delineation to persons to ensure smoothness of the process.

While at the APC Secretariat, off Airport Road, on Thursday, December 14, 2023, the aspirant hinged his manifesto on peace and infrastructural development, avowing that his administration will be "one for all and all for one," a project he insisted he was ordained to carryout for the people of Edo State.

He opined himself to be the best candidate to fill the governorship seat based on his reach and network to attract votes for the party. He said a peaceful Edo State was possible with due collaboration with security agencies backed with the creation of a state controlled neighborhood watch outfit whose tilt to chase criminals off streets will be backed by use of robotics and analytics.

He affirmed that a peaceful environment attracts businesses. To make society work he promised to create "Youth ambassadors," a scheme which aims to empower and cater to the needs of unemployed youths fresh from national youth service, to take them off the streets and away from vice while waiting for job placements.

Next in his envisioned line up is the proposed creation of new towns, curbing the ecological flood problem, development of tourism and marketing of the Igue and Emoro (Yam) festivals, creation of an agricultural value chain which encourages growing of food crops  and exotic fruits within the state, fostering human capital development through focus on sports as well as giving women thirty- five (35%) percent affirmative responsibility and visibility while in office.

Revealing his political pedigree  Airhiavbere who upheld that he was making the fourth attempt at Osadebey avenue insisted that he is more prepared and experienced for the job and ready to serve the people of Edo state. 

He called himself a responsive and dutiful,
party man, a trait which he noted was evident even in his last assignment at the NDDC, wherein he put in his best for the nine states to ensure that the Niger Delta States benefit from the core mandate  for which the NDDC was setup.

 





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