APC Undermining Obaseki’s Administration Effort – Osagie

The Special Adviser on Media Projects to the Governor of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie has dismissed comments by the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Col. David Imuse, as laughable and incredibly ridiculous.

Imuse had claimed that there was no Nigeria or Edo State 75 years ago, a comment which Osagie says belittles the Colonel’s rank in the Nigerian Army.

In a statement to Naija News, Osagie emphasized that being in the opposition does not mean one should resort to cynicism.

He implored the APC Chairman and his allies to stop attempting to undermine the efforts by the Obaseki-led state government to bring positive changes and economic prosperity to Edo State.

Osagie said, “We are quite perplexed to learn of the laughable and incredibly ridiculous comment by the APC Chairman in Edo State, Colonel David Imuse that there was no Nigeria or Edo State 75 years ago, in a desperate attempt to undermine the remarkable achievements of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration on the progress made with the Benin Port Project.

“Colonel Imuse’s comment betrays the rank he parades from the Nigerian Army, leaving many to wonder if he really earned it.

“His claim that Nigeria and Edo did not exist 75 years ago leaves even elementary school pupils to wonder and ask in what country their grandparents who are 75 years and above were born. The fact of the pre-independence and post-independence Nigeria is lost on Imuse whose only vocation these days is reactive opposition politics.

“Going by Col. Imuse’s line of thought, the great and then sovereign Benin Kingdom which traded with the Portuguese in the 14th century using the location of the Benin Port must have carried out the well-documented transactions in space.

“Someone should draw Imuse’s attention to the Western House of Assembly and enlighten him about the over seven-decade-old documentation of efforts to get the Benin Port on stream.

“Imuse should be told that opposition politics does not automatically translate to cynicism.

“The humongous victory of the Obaseki administration in making the Benin Port vision come to pass is a win for Imuse even though his present politics of self-service does seem to becloud his sense of good judgment.”

The governor’s aide noted that the bitterness displayed upon hearing the news of the progress with the Benin Port Project clearly shows that Edo APC and its leaders have been working aggressively to keep Edo under-developed.

According to Osagie, “Imuse’s tirade and baseless attacks on the governor and the progress with the Benin Port Project show that he and his paymasters in the APC do not understand the workings of governance and complexities involved in large-scale infrastructure projects, further exposing him as one who is backward, illiterate and uninformed. He should be ignored by Edo people, alongside his ilk as they offer no constructive input to the development and growth of Edo State.”