By Chris Onuoha

As part of activities marking his fifth year in office, the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has launched a 30 year developmental road map for the State till 2050.

Unveiling the plan during the the fifth edition of the Alaghodaro Summit in Benin, Obaseki said that the 30 year plan is broken into five year period beginning from 2021 to 2025.

He said the plan will become a reality because they already have strategies that will help the state to achieve its dreams by 2050.

“The strategy for the long term plan is broken into periods; we are just not dreaming about 30 years from now but between 2021 and 2025. It is broken into five-year periods”.

“We can sustain the dreams by redefining the way government work, providing efficient public service, focusing on human capacity development, developing centers for economic transformations, upscaling of the technology ecosystem among others,” the governor said.

Obaseki said despite the decline in crude oil revenues, reduction in federal allocation to States, and unstable foreign exchange among others there is a bright future ahead for Edo State.

He also mentioned that his administration is putting reforms in place that will guarantee a system that calls the leadership to account for action, adding that it will ensure that the system continue to work the way the people wants it.

Obaseki said in the last five years his administration has provided effective work environment, transformed education sector, prioritized primary healthcare, leveraged on oil palm among others.

Also speaking, Marcus Onubun, the Speaker Edo State House of Assembly assured that the House would give legal backing to the 30 year development plan.