The new face of peace and unity – Mr. EBOSE AUGUSTINE
The people prayed for landslide victory of Mr. Ebose Augustine in 2024 Governorship Election. It is a clear statement from the people. They are eager to vote for the man they know and believe will best serve them.
In the course of our media interface, we had to engage several people to ask why they think he is good to lead Edo 2024. The answers were very similar and here’s a collation of the major considerations:
The people want him, because he has no political baggage and represents a fresh start. He belongs to no clique, faction or group. They concluded he will be father of all.
They recognised he is a man of vision with impeccable record in Anchor Insurance Company Limited.
They were convinced he is God fearing, peace loving and absolutely humble. They know he represented the best bet for continuity and sustaining the peace prevalent in the State.
They see in him manifest virtues of respect, service, industry, prudence, competence and capacity. Mr Ebose Augustine’s character is unblemished.
They rooted for an accomplished business man and entrepreneur with no trace of corrupt enrichment from public resources. That he knows how to start small and grow big and his story the people can relate with. They trust he will do more as governor by creating wealth, generating employment and encouraging entrepreneurship and small scale and medium enterprises, SME’S.
The people are persuaded that given his obvious resourcefulness, success in whatever he touches to do and experiential knowledge in managing his conglomerate, those are clear pointers that he is the best hand to manage the State.
They assessed Mr. Ebose Augustine’s family life and found he is stable. In business he is prosperous and in the Lords vineyard he has excelled. They marked Mr. Ebose Augustine as a proven manager of men and resources and can be trusted to deliver at the highest level.
His temperament, demeanour and personable nature are all positive. The people reasoned that he will not be vindictive and behave like a bull in a China shop.
They see in Mr Ebose Augustine a genuinely detribalised, compassionate, charismatic and inspirational leader.
They acknowledged that Mr Ebose Augustine is a homeboy and understands the terrain. His campaign messages became a reinforcing proof that he is brilliant, articulate, focused and very strategic.
They scored him very high as having presented the best blueprint for the economic prosperity and development of Edo State being the Edo Agenda. The document entails:
Agricultural Revolution,
Rural Development,
Infrastructural Maintainance/Advancement
Security Management
Educational Advancement
With such detailed workplan, the people had an easy choice to make Mr. Ebose Augustine earned their mandate. What is needed is the continued mass support, goodwill and prayers going forward to ensure he succeeds in implementing his vision for the State.
DAVID EJELE, a research fellow, writes from Abuja
People’s opinion ahead 2024 governorship election in Edo
