Politics
“To Save Edo State From Businessmen Seeking To Take Control” – Shaibu On Guber Ambition
‘Power to the People,’ not to business moguls alone.
Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo state has revealed why he wants to succeed his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The Deputy Governor made the revelation while announcing the submission of his nomination form in the race to become the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2024 gubernatorial election.
“I am not running for governor due to personal ambition but to save Edo State from businessmen seeking to take control” Shaibu declared in a post with the header “EDO 2024: YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE!!!”
The post made on his social media page – Facebook- reads…
As an aspirant in the upcoming 2024 governorship election, today, I submitted our Nomination Form at the Wadata Plaza, National Secretariat of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in Abuja. I used the term ‘Our Nomination Form’ because the Philip Shaibu campaign represents the people of Edo.
This year’s election poses another challenge because of a ploy to hand governance over to businessmen, and we are firmly rejecting that. We cannot return to Egypt and the only way is when power resides with the people, not with businessmen — as PDP declares, ‘Power to the People,’ not to business moguls alone.
I understand the workings of the Edo State government due to my experience in the legislative arm and eight years running as the deputy governor. I am not running for governor due to personal ambition but to save Edo State from businessmen seeking to take control. I am experienced and understand what our state needs in Infrastructure, Education, Creativity, Science & Technology and Social Institutions. Since I became deputy governor, everything the governor has given as an assignment, I have always delivered excellently well — Sports, Immunization, Revenue Generation — in digital form.
I thanked the Deputy National Organising Secretary of our great party, the PDP, Hon. Pascal Adigwe for the warm reception and for recognising my records and giant strides over the years. He also wished me well in my ambition to become the next Governor of Edo State
