PDP is confused – Edo govt

….Don’t be intimidated by AC, PDP tells EDHA members

By Simon Ebegbulem
BENIN—Edo State government said yesterday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state was in a confused state and would never win elections in the state in the nearest future.

The state Commissioner  for  Information  and Orientation, Mr. Abdul  Oroh, who declared this at Government House, Benin City, while introducing the new  Special  Adviser  to  the Governor  on  Public  Affairs  and  Strategy, Mr.  Tony  Iyare,  to  newsmen, said the PDP lost its chances after it failed to improve the lives of the people of the state for almost ten years in power.

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has urged members of the state House of Assembly not to be intimidated over what it described as undue pressures from the Action Congress (AC) government in the state in discharging its constitutional responsibilities.

The new state chairman of PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, who officially resumed office at the state secretariat of the party yesterday, recalled the crisis that ensued between the leadership of the House and the state government when the House refused to approve the construction of six lanes on Airport and Akpakpava roads.

He regretting that even after the House approved the budget, the state government was yet to implement it.
Orbih, who hailed the activities of the House so far, said that “ there was a budget read out at the inception of this government, but one year after, most of the things that are there in that budget have not been implemented.

“If you want to rate the performance of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led government in Edo State, you will score him under twenty per cent.

Reacting  to  the  weekend  rally  of  PDP, where the new leadership of the party in the state, led by Chief Dan Orbih and Chief Tony Anenih, vowed that the PDP would reclaim the state in the next governorship election, Oroh asserted that the party was deluding itself.

“The  PDP is just ranting and they know very truly that they are finished in Edo State. They  will  be  out  of  business  for  a  long  time to come. They  should  face  other  states; by  next  year,  they  will  fizzle  out completely in Edo State.

“ You know that they are still divided, even when they enacted what appeared to be a hollow ritual, a ritual that is primitive and undemocratic.

“The PDP is disintegrating and as they are disintegrating, the Action Congress is consolidating. So, they are just deceiving themselves and very soon, they will completely be erased in the politics of the state.”
Oroh stated that the state  government was committed  to  fiscal  responsibility, adding that the  level  of  internally  generated  revenue  had  increased  to  about 800 percent since Governor  Adams  Oshiomhole  assumed  office  in  November  last  year.

He  attributed  the  increase  in  the  internally  generated  revenue  to  the  government  tax  policy  and  fiscal  responsibility, and noted that all  the   contracts of  the  state  government  in  the  2009  budget  would  be  awarded  before  the  end  of  the  year.

According to him, all  contractors  will  be motivated to ensure successful execution of contracts.