Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in this month’s election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has promised to tar the road leading to Eguaeholor, ancestral home of Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Okpebholo made the promise when he campaigned at Uhunmwonde Local Government Area at the weekend.
The candidate expressed shock that the main road leading to the governor’s ancestral home is not motorable as the campaign team had to park most of their vehicles and trekked the distance to access the campaign ground.
“I will make sure I tar this road immediately when I resume office as the governor of Edo State. I am highly disappointed that Obaseki’s administration neglected even his ancestral home,” he said.
At Ehor, headquarters of the LGA, he promised to revive the Ehor Juice Factory established by the Lucky Igbinedion administration, and make the Technical College in the area functional by providing the needed manpower and equipment for the school.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has fixed September 12 for the signing of Peace Accord for the Edo Governorship election in Benin City.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at an extraordinary meeting with political parties on the 2024 Edo governorship election in Abuja.
Yakubu said that the date for the exercise would be presided over by the Chairman, National Peace Committee (NPC) and former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar.
“You may notice that unlike the previous peace accords signed a few days to the election, INEC decided to do this early this time around.
“This is to enable the Peace Committee to monitor compliance with the code voluntarily signed by parties, candidates and other critical players in the electoral process such as INEC and the security agencies during the remaining days to the election.
“This will add further weight to the peace accord beyond mere ceremony as demanded by many observers and even some of the political actors themselves,” he said
