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Edo State of Our Dream Is Possible -Amb. Oriaifo

 Edo State of Our Dream Is Possible

          -Amb. Oriaifo

By: Oriaifoh Godwins

With the avalanche of human and natural resources that Edo state is blessed with, the state is capable of internally generating enough financial resources to sustain itself, hence create a state of our dream; what we need to do, is to put the right people in the saddle of political power.


This opinion was expressed by Ambassador Odion Oriaifo in a chat with a team of Journalists in Benin, during his short visit to Nigeria.

Amb. Odion, who just completed his Masters degree programme, in Public Health, in the University of Scotland, United Kingdom, and had to return to the UK for the Graduation ceremony, said; ‘Nigerians travel to the western worlds mainly in search of greener pastures, and the pastures in those countries we travel to, are not greener over there than what we have in Nigeria, but the problem is that, we have not been able to conscientiously work towards creating a world we desire...' According to Ambassador Oriaifo; '...creating the world we desire, should begin with us having the right people in the saddle of political power'.

Continuing, Ambassador Oriaifo, who maintained that we only need to get our selection process right, added that; ‘…our Political leaders only desire to have political power, and after getting it, they don’t know what to do with it, because they are ill prepared for it’

‘…those aspiring to political offices must not only know the destination, they must know the road map to our desired destination…that way, they will hit the ground running as soon as they get into office’.


Oriaifo who lamented that most of our political office holders, only engage in blame games, petty jealousies and strife, for the greater part of their tenure, do this because they had no plans for the state even before they got into office.

Finally, while commenting on the build up to 2024 Edo gubernatorial election, Ambassador Oriaifo said; ‘...thank God the ball, from every indication, is rolling to Edo central, and the plethora of aspirants coming out to show interest in the race, is an indication that we are not only blessed with people of high quality and substance, our people are also politically aware, and this political awareness will put whoever gets into power on his toes…’


Ambassador Odion Oriaifo, an All Progressives Congress card carrying member, hails from Atuagbo in Esan Central local government area of Edo state.

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