Going through Sen. Monday Okpebholo’s five-point agenda, one can see a well articulated plan for Edo State, that if executed, a new Edo of our dreams would arise as promised by the calm and calculated Edo APC Governorship Candidate.
What constitute this impressive agenda? They are: Security, Road Development, Affordable Healthcare, Water and Food Security, and Value-Driven Education. At a glance, one would say that these are not so different from what is in almost all campaign manifestoes in Nigeria. Therefore, unless one is very interested in looking for the peculiarity of their articulation, they are likely not to be given a second look.
Monday Okpebholo’s presentation is captivating because it exposes the depth of the APC candidate’s research into the present state of things regarding these essential needs of Edo people, that is not satisfactory, and the practical manner he wishes to change them for the better if voted as governor of Edo State.
On security, Senator Okpebholo has promised to eradicate to the barest minimum, if not totally eradicate, the pervasive insecurity in Edo State, that has led to avoidable loss of lives and property, and discouraged substantial investment from Edos in Diaspora and foreigners.
Towards the realisation of his vision of a safe and secure Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo’s has promised to confront the menace of insecurity through partnership with communities, use of digital technology, provision of sophisticated weapons, improved welfare, and retraining of security personnel.
He goes on to let us into the fact that of the total of about 371,000 policemen in Nigeria, Edo state enjoys less than 10,000 officers on ground at every point in time. One cannot but agree with him that this figure is grossly inadequate to police over 5 million residents.
Given the above situation of inadequacy of Police personnel, which is on the exclusive list of the constitution, to provide the needed security coverage in Edo, Sen. Okpebholo promises the above as well as supporting any initiative of the federal government that would allow the creation of state police force.
Sen. Monday Okpebholo’s commitment to boosting the security architecture of Edo State is not in doubt given that even as a private individual he was in the forefront of community effort to confront insecurity in Edo State by donating huge sums of money to aid security operations and procuring patrol vehicles to tackle the incessant kidnappings in Edo central.
Given the evidence of his involvement in tackling insecurity in Edo State, one can say that Sen. Monday Okpebholo is miles ahead of other candidates and therefore deserves to be elected governor for accelerated arrest of the situation which has led to food insecurity, closure of business concerns and wasting of human lives in Edo State.
To be continued...
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