‘Why PDP can’t bounce back’

The people of Edo State should be weary of the recent slogan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  “change the change”,   the Executive Director, Media and Public Affairs in Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s Office, Mr. John Mayaki, has said.

He said the PDP has a huge task to contend with, if it rigs itself into office on September 10.

He said: “If you change the change, what about the sustenance of good governance and infrastructural development unleashed on us by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, which Godwin Obaseki wants to build on”, Mayaki queried.

He added: “I can assure you that the APC will retain Edo State come September 10th, 2016. We have ensured that the right and popular candidates emerged during primary – Godwin Obaseki and Philip Shaibu. We are showcasing all we have done since we assumed office – all these will engender confidence in whatever we promise the people – and the corollary is that the PDP will be ignored”.

According to him: “It is very easy to strategise on how to import mercenaries to rig elections out of desperation because the PDP do not count on the people to vote but they have an inescapable task and that is how to sustain the tempo of the on-going massive infrastructural work should they succeed to rig themselves into office – and that would be to the detriment of the people if the “change is changed”.

“What we should celebrate in politics is development and I thank Edo people for recognising that. What we should celebrate is the man who spoils us with infrastructures and I thank Edo people for appreciating just that –  Oshiomhole, the man who believes in open and participatory governance and the man who opened our eyes to the fact that governance has a human face.

“We can’t be celebrating people who bellyache because the state is working. We cannot celebrate people who do not know the colour and meaning of development and participatory democracy. People who rejoice at the misfortune of government and people who make political capital out of every natural disaster that befall our people.”