‘There’s Hope in Spite of Economic Difficulties’

Chairman, Edo State Economic Team and a Governorship aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has declared that in spite of the economic downturn and difficult situations across the world, there is hope for the people of Edo state and Nigeria in the New Year.


Obaseki who stated this in Benin City while speaking with newsmen when he attended the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) end of the year party, said President Muhammadu Buhari’s change agenda and anti-corruption campaign was to put the nation on the right footing, a step he said would leapfrog the economy and position it as one of the sort after economies in the world.


Obaseki also noted that Edo state would continue to leverage on its strategic location in Nigeria as an artery to advance its economy to the greater benefits of the people of the state.


He therefore pledged that he would deploy his goodwill garnered in the private sector within and outside Nigeria to encourage the private sector to seriously reconsider their interest in the Gelegele-Atlantic Ocean link Port which has the capacity to open the economy of Edo state to the rest of Nigeria and the world.


Obaseki said as a senior Financial Management expert, he would not allow Edo State economy with all the potentials to be less than 10 in the ranking of Nigerian states particularly in the area of doing business and youth employment. He called for the strengthening of the capacity of local security arrangement otherwise known as Vigilante in all parts of Edo state.