The vice president noted that voting for the APC candidate would create a functional state.Vice President Kashim Shettima has implored voters in Edo to vote for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo, in the 21 September governorship election.
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“What unites us most is not our differences but our collective desire for a nation that works, a state that meets our needs,” Mr Shettima told the mammoth crowd at the campaign ground. “What Edo State needs is a strategic thinker, a builder, a man of the people, a man who can rally the great people of Edo State.
“They will complement each other. The humility that has brought them thus far will also manifest in their governing of Edo State. “Let me assure you that our government is working around the clock to bring relief to the affected communities. He disclosed that already, N212 billion had been appropriated for the reconstruction of the Auchi-Benin road, which he said when completed, would boost economic activities in Edo State.
Mr Gaduje later received decampees from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party , including a former senator, the governorship candidate of Action Alliance in Edo and the Organising Secretary of the Labour Party in the state.
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