Chief Lucky Igbinedion is one of the pillars of the opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, and was a two-term governor of the state. In this interview with some select journalists, he sheds light on a number of issues from the postponement of the Edo State governorship election to the performance of his administration as governor

Some people have asked us why we are bringing this campaign without even fulfilling our own promise of change. And our answer is very simple: If for instance, this campaign had been on before now and the tenet of the campaign had been imbibed we would not be where we are today. If Nigerians had imbibed the spirit of the campaign, I am sure the kind of corruption, stealing, mindless destruction of assets, and the huge appetite for imported goods would have been checked and we would have probably had a healthier balance sheet than we have today.

My governor is a man who sees the future. In this cabinet, there are six senior bankers and five chartered accountants. It means that we are not scared of numbers. So, when we talk about recession, we are considering what it means for Ndi Anambra. Bearing this in mind, all of us constituted a think- tank to evolve ways of reducing the effect of the recession on the people.

For some time, Benue State seems to have become a hot zone based on activities of criminals who spared little or nothing to perpetrate atrocities in the state which prides itself as the food basket of the nation. Concerted efforts made by both the government and security agencies seem to yield little results as the […]

At the time this programme started we were told that they could procure forex at not more than N280 to the dollar and the price should not be more than N145 per litre. In working out the effective price of N145 the template provided for nothing less than N30 per litre margin for the marketer. You can quote me on this.