Hold me responsible for APC electioneering promises – Obaseki  

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has urged the people of the state to hold him accountable if he fails in his electioneering promises.

Obaseki made the remark during a campaign rally in Abudu, the administrative headquarters of Orhionmwon Local Government Area on Tuesday.

The APC governorship candidate who promised to consolidate and build on the legacies of the outgoing governor, Adams Oshiomhole, assured that bulk of his administration’s proposed over 200,000 jobs would be generated from Orhionmwon.

“We have not finished constructing schools in the state and we will build more, recruit more teachers, and construct more roads in the locality. We have constructed Igbanke township roads, Abudu township roads and we will construct Orhonigbe, Ugo, among others township roads,” he said.

The roads are being constructed towards building new cities in the state in order to attract industries and discourage rural-urban migration, he said.

He also promised to establish a technical college in the locality to encourage and boost skills acquisition among youths as well as provide soft loans to empower women and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

The governorship hopeful disclosed that a total of over 13,000 women were recently empowered by the state government with soft loan to boost their economic activities.

“By the grace of God, if you vote for us we will make sure that we keep those promises made to the people of Orhionmwon. Hold us responsible if we fails to fulfil the promises to you,” he said.