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Why I want to Sack Oshiomhole-Edo
Gov. Aspirant Idumonza
Newsdiaryonline Mon Aug 15,2011
Idumonza Isidahomhen, the Edo 2012 governorship aspirant on the
platform of Hope Democratic Party, HDP, says his mission is to
create a productive economy for the State through which
meaningful employment could be generated. He recognizes the fact
that, the heart of the State which goes with the slogan ‘The
Heart Beat of the Nation’ is not beating.The urgency of the need
to get Edo running effectively,efficiently,productively and
viably is the
motivation behind his joining the gubernatorial race to sack
incumbent Governor Adams
Oshiomhole, who appears to have run out of modern ideas for
transforming EdoState.
According
to a statement by Aigbogun Kennedy, head of media,
Idumonza Campaign Organisation,
the
mission of HDP government, under Idumonza, therefore, is to
transform and make the State the heartbeat of Nigerian economy
through industrialization. As a business man with interest in
different sectors of Nigerian economy, he recognizes the fact
that the State can only move forward through industrialization.
Idumonza reckons that
“Edo State is the poorest of all the States in Niger Delta and
there is no indication that it would change in many years to
come. It is also a civil servant State.
Unfortunately, the government is over tasking the civil servants
in an attempt to generate more money. But that is not the right
thing to do. Government like the one in Lagos State generates
its money internally from productive and other business
activities that abound in the State. But none exists in Edo
State. There are no industries in Edo. Then how do you generate
employment? How do you stop prostitution that has become the
State’s second name? Robbery incidence is on the increase
because the graduates don’t have anything to do. Banks have
closed down in major towns of the State because of the unending
robbery attacks. The future of about 5,000 graduates who were
employed into civil service is bleak because they are casual
employees who are not entitled to promotion and are not on any
grade level. Nothing could be more dehumanizing”.
While maintaining that his administration is not coming to
office unprepared, he noted that relevant business institutions
within and outside Nigeria have indicated interest to move into
Edo State “as soon as we take over because we gave them an
insight into the strength of the domestic market in the State
which the present government does not see. You know they are
governing the State with expired ideas which must not be allowed
beyond November 2012”
He noted that the issue of infrastructural development has been
used in the past to deceive the people saying that it is the
primary responsibility of any government to provide basic needs
like security, road, water, school, health care delivery etc for
the people. “So these are not things to be celebrated”.
He added that all these
are built into our cardinal programmes “because when we say for
the first time made- in- Edo State products will be exported out
of Nigeria, you would of course know that good roads will be
required to move those things including security and other
essentials”
Hope Democratic Party, HDP, he says, is a national party with
South South sympathy. The take-off from Edo, according to him,
is in line with the tradition which makes Edo the gateway to the
entire South South region right from Midwest creation in 1963.
HDP, he explains, is
fashioned along South South interest just like what ACN is to
South West, ANPP to the North and APGA to the East. Idumonza,41,
who hails from Idumonza village in Esan Central Local Government
Area, Edo State is into oil and gas, media, hospitality and
corporate transport.
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