By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN CITY—GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State,  has said that his administration will not stop work on ongoing road projects in the state and will construct new ones even if the price of crude oil crashes to zero dollars.

Speaking at the flag-off of the 10-km Uzebba-Okpuje-Okabhor Road in Owan West Local Government Area of the state, yesterday, Oshiomhole said: “Like I promised during the electioneering campaign in 2007, I said I have not come to join people to lament the misrule of PDP. I have not come to shed tears about missed opportunities. I have come together with my colleagues on a rescue mission, to show that whatever they say was not possible, to demonstrate that it is possible and that everything they refused to do, we will try to do them.

“We started by building schools, and I am sure in this local government, you have what they now call the red roof schools. I am sure in a couple of places, we have also sunk boreholes, and I am sure some of your sons and daughters who are working for the Edo State Government, their salaries for May have been paid, and the wage has even been increased.

“I can assure you it has been tough, and it is still tough. It might get even tougher in the very near future. But there is nothing we have started in this state under my stewardship that we have abandoned. And therefore, this one is yet another project that we will complete. It will not be abandoned. Even if oil price crashes to zero, this road will be done.”