APC belongs to us, we are going nowhere, Obaseki reaffirms

The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has reaffirmed that he has no plan to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) for another political party.

The governor said this when he received members of the Godwin Obaseki Support Group (GOSG), during a courtesy visit to the Government House in Benin City, on Wednesday.

“If a handful of individuals start misbehaving and feel we will leave the party for them; they will be the ones to leave,” he said.

Obaseki described the APC as a party for the youths and the next generation, hence his administration is focused on infrastructural and institutional reforms that would stand the test of time.

According to him, “this is a government of real change, which is concerned about youths and the future. This government has performed beyond people’s expectations and we are proud of the things we have done so far.”

He commended the GOSG for its commitment to supporting his administration, urging members of the group to intensify activities in the state and collaborate with other groups with the same ideology.

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The governor urged the group to collaborate with the state government in the campaign to kick out thuggery from the state.

Earlier, the Director-General of the group, Mr Henry Idogun, said the group was formed during the 2016 governorship election in the state to bridge the information gap which existed on the governor’s profile.

He said GOSG existed to add value to governance in the state and leverages the party machinery and other relevant stakeholders in the areas of voters’ education and mobilisation, creation of more polling units and election monitoring.

He added that members of the group, numbering over 18,000, are in support of the second term bid of the governor.