BY SIMON EBEGBULEM & GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE

BENIN CITY—Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, assured the people of the state that government would redouble efforts this year to sustain and complete all on-going projects.

Gov Oshiomhole

He gave the assurance at the first State Executive Council meeting in the year 2014.
He said: “2014 marks the beginning of my sixth year in office and obviously, we have learnt a lot in the past six years. Edo people would expect that we have perfected the game and that quality of service delivery should improve.

“We want to see a much cleaner environment, more greens and light permanently on. We want to have our drains clean and we will take full advantage of the dry season to commence work on the number of roads within Benin City, across Edo Central and Edo North.

“We will sustain and redouble efforts to complete the Central Hospital, which suffered a setback as a result of an unfortunate incident. I am confident that this year, we will make a lot of progress and have the hospital completed and commissioned.

“We will redouble our efforts to build more schools, both primary and secondary and give attention to tertiary institutions. We will deal with the problem of pensioners retiring and not getting their pension. This will become a thing of the past,” he said.

The governor said that expectations would be high as we move towards the 2015 elections, adding that there would be political pressure on all of us.

“Let me advise strongly that we must recognise that politics without purpose is a meaningless exercise. The purpose of politics is to use the power to address the concerns of the society.

So, as much as we are not going to be indifferent, we must remember that Edo people expect us to give more attention to development, which is why I have advised those with political interest that it is still too early to go into politicking,” he said.

Oshiomhole stressed that the selling point for All Progressive Congress, APC, was the achievements as time lost cannot be recovered.