Edo 2024- I’ll Prioritize People’s Welfare – Akpata
By Rosemary Okoduwa
The Labour Party, LP, candidate for the September 21, 2024, Edo State gubernatorial election Barr. Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, has said he will prioritize the welfare of Edo people if voted into office.
Akpata, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA,who was accompanied by his running mate, Prince Yusuf Asama Kadiri (SAN), and other members of his campaign team disclosed this to newsmen during a media chat at the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) .
According to Barr Akpata , his government will be centred around the welfare of the people adding that the slogan of the party which is “papa, mama and pikin” will be followed to the letter.
The governorship candidate who used the opportunity to introduce his deputy Prince Yusuf Asama Kadiri (SAN), also said he is a proponent of the local government autonomy.
He said at the moment, the local government councils are strangulated financially due to the absence of local government autonomy adding that while granting them their autonomy, the local government council chairmen and their councilors must remain in their domains.
He added that the roads in the state will be attended to whether federal or state provided it has a direct impact on the people of the state.
He said he believes when the federal roads that have direct impact on the people in the state are fixed, the federal government can reimburse the state instead of allowing the citizens to suffer unnecessarily just as he said he will not use the tax payers money for things that will not add value to their lives.