The APC failed elements are quick to show a few roads maintained but fail to acknowledge that so many infrastructure and superstructure were unattended to. I wish to remind everyone of the evils of the APC govt in Edo State. They include inter alia:
(1) Failure to create sustainable employment and empowerment opportunities for Edo youths, thereby creating a colossal army of unemployed youths, especially graduates
(2) Foisted double taxation on Edo citizens and extorted the masses for the benefit of the few ruling elite. In PDP controlled Cross Rivers State government, the low income earners don’t pay tax (progressive taxation) but in APC controlled Edo State government, the low income earners pay more, even wheel barrow pushers pay tax (retrogressive taxation). This kind of tax system is overburden or overbearing on poor people.
(3) Entrenched and promoted government brutality and rascality.
(4) Massive decay in sports administration and destroyed the sport sector.
(5)Promoted and induced poverty on the masses.
(6) Non payment of salaries and pensions and the lack of training and development of civil servants.
(7) Lack of respect for the elders and abuse of power as exemplified by the APC Edo emperor Oshiomhole.
(8) Empowerment of touts/thugs at the expense of graduates as a result reducing the value of education and promoting negative vices among youths.
(9) Neglect of the agric sector and promoting rural – Urban drift thereby endangering food security
(10) Alienation of people from the process of governance and deliberately evading accountability.
(11) Taking tertiary education out of the reach of the poor and vulnerable due to expensive school fees (imagine Edo University Iyamo – N450,000 school fees and Ambrose Ali University – N120,000)
(12) Promoting Cosmetic and aesthetic development over qualitative service delivery (Imagine red roof without teachers and students’ seats at secondary school level, Central hospital face lift without adequate doctors, nurses and support staff as well as equipment and facilities lift)
(13) Domination, crippling and near emasculation of the local government system (taking over local government revenue sources, including tenement rate, control of outdoor advertising, use of local government funds to pay local government authority workers, and SUBEB staff, etc. the effect is that they can’t pay salaries today)
(14) Emasculation of some ethnic group from political relevance and participation (Esan and Owan people have stories to tell in this regard)
(15) Neglect of qualitative improvement of infrastructure at the tertiary education level except Iyamoh University (COBEN now Tayo Akpata University’s neglect, neglect of College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi, neglect of Usen Polytechnic, Ambrose Ali University, etc).
(16) Amassing Colossal debts for the state with no show of prudency in use of borrowed funds (about N300 billions debt local and international).
(17) Neglect and closure of some government owned companies
(18) Increasing the death rate of Edo citizens due to poor healthcare policies and deliberate imposition of hardship that has in turn increased the number of people with hypertension.
(19) Government deliberate neglect and lack of patronage for locally manufactured goods and services (the printing of APC banners and posters is a clear example)
(20) Lack of foresight to tap the natural resources available in Edo state leading to over dependence on taxes and federation allocations.
We deserve a better deal from government, Pastor Ize-Iyamu offers a better future for us all and for him the future is now. POI knows these recorded twenty (20) failures of APC government in Edo and has encapsulated the solutions in his SIMPLE Agenda. POI is ready to serve Edo people with the love of God. Let us collectively VOTE PDP and enter a better future together. We can do it. Let’s go there.
JC Iziegbe Ibizugbe is a Nigerian citizen and a registered voter in Edo State.
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