Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that people of Edo state will not vote for President Goodluck Jonathan because he has not fulfilled promises made to the people in 2011.
Oshiomhole spoke at separate rallies of the All Progressives Congress in Ehor and Igueben, in Uhunmwode Igueben Local Government Area on Saturday said “The last time, we voted for President Jonathan. He got 95 per cent of the total votes in Edo State. Yet, I cannot think of any meaningful thing he has done in the state.
“Last year, President Jonathan gave N2bn each to some PDP states even where he lost election to deal with erosion. Those that don’t have flood erosion were given money for desertification but we in Edo State that voted for him got nothing. I am not lamenting this. We have learnt from it and are determined not to repeat our mistakes.”
Meanwhile Mohammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress has promised to create one million jobs for Igbo youths by restoring the coal industry in Enugu state.
Buhari who was represented by the spokesman of the party in the South-East, Osita Okechukwu at the Enugu West APC zonal rally on Saturday said “We are banking on huge coal deposits located at Amasiodo, Inyi and Leje axis of Enugu Coal belt.
“We are going to award contract for mining and construction of coal-fired power plant, unlike the PDP that since 1999 promised to revamp the coal fields and 16 years after, nothing has been done.
“We believe that coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in Enugu State and Enugu Coal is one of the most qualitative coal brands in the world, which means that while some are used to generate electricity, some will be exported.”
“My idea is to emulate the Taichung Coal-Fired Power Plant in Taiwan, the largest coal power station in the world.
“Coal supplies 46 per cent electricity in the United States and over 60 per cent electricity in China – it is callous to abandon such a golden treasury.
“For 16 years, every election Igbo voted for the PDP and yet, the coal belt remains untapped; hence there is no commensurate reward.
“In 2014 budget, for instance, over N600bn capital projects were executed in the South-South, while less than N200bn was executed in the South-East. Is that equity or justice?”