By Lucky Isibor,
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the Edo State government has high stake in Edo Modular Refinery and Petrochemical Limited sited at Ologbo in the state capital.
The party stressed that the Governor Godwin Obaseki led state government invested N700M and provided the land as part of the state’s equity in the project.
The Edo State publicity secretary of the party, Chris Nehikhare made the revelation while briefing news men in Benin City Sunday, on the outcome it’s governorship election campaign in Edo Central Senatorial District.
He berated the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), for feeding the people with all forms of negative narratives regarding the project and urged Edo people to ignore them as they are pained by the successes of the Governor Obaseki’s PDP led administration.
“They are crying about the modular refinery. They’re shocked that this refinery is working, this refinery is a project of Edo State government. It’s done in partnership with a private company and even the company has come out with a statement to confirm that it is an Edo State project.
“Edo State government has a large stake in that project, it provided a large sum of money, about seven hundred million Naira (N700M), and provided the land on which the refinery is built.
“So, for all intent and purposes, it’s an Edo State project propelled by the vision of Governor Obaseki and it hurts the APC that this is just one of the several projects designed to create jobs for our teeming youths. Instead of them to be happy they have come up with all sorts of narratives and I think as it’s said in local parlance, ‘it dey pepper them’. We all have to encourage this government to do more when it comes back for a second term”, he said.
While thanking the Enijie and people of Edo Central Senatorial District for the warm reception they gave to Governor Godwin Obaseki and the PDP campaign team, Nehikhare assured the people of more projects when voted back into office stressing that project execution is the hallmark of the party.
“We visited the Enijie, we commissioned projects that have been completed and done by this government, and to the disappointment of our opponent they were surprised to see the Onojie of Irrua and okaijiesan reeling out projects that were executed and commissioned in his domain. This is the hallmark of our government, we are not noise makers, but silent achievers”.
