Okpebholo Has Achieved Something We Couldn’t Do In Office – Shaibu
A former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, says the current governor of the state, Monday Okpebholo, has already achieved something significant within 100 days in office.
He said that Okpebholo has been able to attract help from the Federal Government, which is something he and the former governor, Godwin Obaseki didn’t do while in office.
Shaibu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, said that bringing the Federal Government to Edo State will free funds for more projects in the state.
“The clever thing the governor (Okpebholo) has done which I applaud him for and which we didn’t do is the ability to go to the centre and woo the centre for support,” Shaibu said.
“And the support coming from the centre will free the state’s resources for other developments. That is what he is cleverly doing, and I think that will help him to develop fast.”
He said that the administration of Obaseki which he served under also wanted to do good things but claimed that political interest came in along the line.
He added that with his experience in government, he now encourages everyone to pray for the leaders because if the governor fails the state fails.
“Every government, even our own government, it was clear that we wanted to do good things and everything but along the line politics and interests came in.
“That is why I consistently without mincing words, each time I say support Okpebholo, I followed it up with please also pray for him, so that things that make one to change and now become something negative not be in his own time,” he said.
Shaibu and Obaseki, former allies, fell out in the run-up to the September 21, 2024, governorship election, with the former later returning to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Okpebholo who was the APC candidate, was eventually declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
