Group to hold governorship debate in Edo State

A group Edo Progressive Indigenous Association (EPIA) during the weekend in Benin roll out plans for a governorship debate involving all the candidates of the political parties in the forthcoming election scheduled for September 19, 2020.

In a statement by the chairman of the research committee, Mr Osazee Nelson Godwin, he said that the purpose of the debate is for candidates to let the people know their agenda, thereby using it as a means of signing a contractual agreement with them.

Godwin said that gone are the days when people vote for political parties and not individuals that reflected the hopes and aspirations of the people, noting that party affiliations don’t have anything to do with the development of a community or state.

He said: “It’s the agenda of a person that matters. That is why in EPIA, we don’t endorse candidates, we only endorse agendas.”

He explained that the candidates are expected to let the people know what they intend to do when elected as governor and the policies they intend to formulate and the projects they intend to execute.

“EPIA will join the indigenous people of the State to scrutinise the agendas and then aid them to choose the one that reflects their hopes and aspirations.

“Our members around the world will be mobilised to support the best of the agendas. So, it is no longer business as usual. We want the best for Edo people.

“We want to also use this debate to send a clear message to all the candidates that are contesting in Edo State that, they should all roll out their agenda and put it on the billboards across the State. Edo indigenes are no longer interested in faces, they are after the developmental vision of the candidates. We want to be the economic magnet of Africa. The development of Edo State is the business of all its indigenes,” the statement said.

Founded in 2013, he explained that EPIA aimed among other things to empower Edo Indigenes all over the world, fight against their marginalization in their villages, empower them and promote Edo indigenous language and culture all over the world.

Godwin noted that the group is also out to protect the rights of women, children, physically challenged and the vulnerable indigenous people in Edo State and around the world.

 

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