The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the September 21 election, Olumide Akpata, has declared that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led government of Governor Godwin Obaseki is yet to attract any Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the past four years.
Akpata, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), in an interview on national television at the weekend, cited the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS’) report, as the source of his data.
He berated the standard bearer of PDP in Edo, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, for presiding over a side-rocking economy under Obaseki for over seven years.
Akpata pleaded with the electorate in Edo to vote LP to restore the lost glory of the state. He said: “The NBS tells us that Edo State has not attracted any FDI in the past four years. Obaseki has been a failure and mitigated disaster. In the failure, there will always be some flashes of positives.
“I will create an enabling environment that will develop and make businesses strive if elected. LP’s government will give priority to agriculture, education, healthcar77e and rural and urban e1lectrification projects across the state.
“Why look at the LP’s direction? We (Edo people) need a better fresh air. We need something different. In 25 years, PDP and APC have been running Edo State.
“We must try something else, and LP presents a different approach to governance. Every government must ask itself, ‘We have been in power. How does it impact the greatest number of people? That is the approach of LP.”
Sixteen political parties are participating in the governorship election in Edo.