The people of Edo State should be weary of the recent slogan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “change the change”, the Executive Director, Media and Public Affairs in Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s Office, Mr. John Mayaki, has said.
He said the PDP has a huge task to contend with, if it rigs itself into office on September 10.
He said: “If you change the change, what about the sustenance of good governance and infrastructural development unleashed on us by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, which Godwin Obaseki wants to build on”, Mayaki queried.
He added: “I can assure you that the APC will retain Edo State come September 10th, 2016. We have ensured that the right and popular candidates emerged during primary – Godwin Obaseki and Philip Shaibu. We are showcasing all we have done since we assumed office – all these will engender confidence in whatever we promise the people – and the corollary is that the PDP will be ignored”.
According to him: “It is very easy to strategise on how to import mercenaries to rig elections out of desperation because the PDP do not count on the people to vote but they have an inescapable task and that is how to sustain the tempo of the on-going massive infrastructural work should they succeed to rig themselves into office – and that would be to the detriment of the people if the “change is changed”.
Mayaki in a statement, urged the people to reject the PDP. The statement reads: “We see people decamping from PDP to APC on a daily basis due to the overwhelming and massive development unleashed on Edo people by Oshiomhole – the PDP is disappointed and frustrated because of the inability of development to decamp to their fold.
“They do not know the meaning of development and progressive politics and as such, they are frustrated and disappointed. The ultimate purpose for politics and governance is development which the PDP have not been able to provide.
“One thing you cannot take away from Governor Adams Oshiomhole is his style of governance. He is a progressive and one who believes that he must work for the people and that development must trickle down from mega cities like Benin city to major towns, villages, communities, hamlets and every human habitation.
“What we should celebrate in politics is development and I thank Edo people for recognising that. What we should celebrate is the man who spoils us with infrastructures and I thank Edo people for appreciating just that – Oshiomhole, the man who believes in open and participatory governance and the man who opened our eyes to the fact that governance has a human face.
“We can’t be celebrating people who bellyache because the state is working. We cannot celebrate people who do not know the colour and meaning of development and participatory democracy. People who rejoice at the misfortune of government and people who make political capital out of every natural disaster that befall our people.”