In a rare show of camaraderie, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, has congratulated his All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) counterparts, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and Olumide Akpata, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, respectively, on their emergence as flag bearers for their parties, urging them to join him in a commitment to focus on issue-based campaigns ahead of the poll.
Dr. Ighodalo, a lawyer and former chairman of Sterling Bank and Nigerian Breweries Limited, reiterated his firm belief that Edo’s strength was the unity of her people, and therefore appealed to all candidates “to refrain from campaigning with messages that promote division and disunity”.
Recalling how “The February 2023 general elections saw a level of hate and vitriol masked as political sloganeering that took this nation to the brink”while “the fires politicians lit back then continued to smoulder across the nation”, Ighodalo gave his word that “I and my team will continue to campaign to the people of Edo State in language and behaviour that seeks to unite rather than divide. We will stay focused on the issues that matter to our people; and there will be no descent into abuse, ethnic-baiting and name-calling”. While cautioning “We must not destroy the unity of the State we seek to govern”, Dr. Ighodalo, who emerged as the winner of the PDP Governorship primaries conducted at the lawn tennis court at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Thursday February 22, 2024, urged all his fellow candidates “to similarly run respectful issue-based campaigns”.
Deeply concerned about the level of economic hardship people were going through, he said he and his team of young professionals and politicians have identified a pathway to the lifting of millions of citizens into prosperity.
According to him, “We intend to open up the state by reducing insecurity, and by securing the financing and attracting the private sector investors needed to build our intrastate roads. I, working with my team, will grow the economy of the state, create jobs, and provide a better life for our people.”
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