By Tejiri Ebikeme
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairmanship flag bearer, Mr. Mathew Mofe Edema has said the magic in winning the peoples vote and confidence is financial prudence and the political will to carry the masses along as was witnessed in his first tenure.
Hon. Edema popularly called “Man of God” in the entire council area made this disclosure in an exclusive interview at his Ugbuwangue residence in Warri South.
He disclosed that he stepped on so many toes to attain the moderate but land mark legacies he achieved during his first tenure as Chairman of the council.
While applauding the out-going transition committee chairman of the council, Dr. Austin Uroye for building on his legacies, Hon. Edema said he revived all the health centres in the council area and devised more ingenious ways of raising internally generated revenue for the council without waiting for Federal Allocations to execute projects, adding that was why he succeeded largely during his first term and he is ready to improve on his past records.
Mofe Edema who said he keyed into the Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan 3 key Agenda to climb to success disclosed that he empowered women in the council area because any one that build a women builds a nation.
He particularly relished on the re-building of the King George Hall Memorial Hall, the Legislative Chamber of the Council, the total refurbishing of the Council’s sub-Secretariat and the establishment of a fish farm for the council that is generating needed revenue as some of his achievement that has kept the then comatose council alive today, even as he said that he instituted a football competition amongst the various ethnic communities that make the area that ensured harmonious living and good neighbourliness to ensure that peace and security reigned during his first tenure.
The PDP council Chairmanship aspirant said these are some of the reasons the people are clamouring for his return, even as he further said that all other PDP aspirant agreed that bhe has done creditably well and decided to queue behind him against opposition parties in the Saturday 25 October, 2014 elections.
While saying that his electioneering campaign kicks off today Monday 20, 2014 he said the main opposition APC that has no structure on ground to contest the council polls are yet to commence nomination and would thereafter cry to high heavens that they were rigged out of power, charging Warri South electorate not to be deceived by money but the person’s antecedents in governance.
