The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has pledged his support and that of Edo youths for the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
He stated this position while speaking at the Otaru of Auchi’s Palace, during the installation of the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba as the Odumha of Auchi.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the occasion.
Shaibu described Osinbajo as the best candidate for the position of President ad insisted that the whole of Edo would back him to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
The Deputy Governor stressed that the era of godfatherism is over and expressed optimism that Osinbajo would turn Edo State into an industrial state.
According to him, “Your Excellency, just know that you have all of us in Edo, you have us, anything that you want to do, you have us and you have God. And by the grace of God, we will have our own as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2023.”
“By the special grace of God, we will mobilise ourselves so that we can take our destiny in our hands. The EndSARS was a clarion call to all of us not just in Edo but the entire nation.
“The era of godfathers are over in they country, it is now the era of good leadership and progressive leadership. Men that have intellect, men that will turn our state into an industrial state so that those who are unemployed will be gainfully employed.”
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