By Odi Okojie Media Team
A prominent Esan businessman and fiery pentecostal preacher told some Esan youths in 1996 that the dearth of meaningful development in Esanland is as a result of the absence of Esan people where decisions are being made. He went further to reinterate that the pipe borne water that came to Esanland was facilitated by the late nationalist, Chief Anthony Enahoro, because of his closeness to the late Action Group leader, Chief Obafemi Awolowo; that the same Chief Awolowo also played a major role in the emergence of Prof. Ambrose Alli as Governor of Bendel State, which brought university to Esanland. He added that Admiral Augustus Aikhomu also used his closeness to Military President, General Ibrahim Babagida to attract the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital to Esanland, a health facility that has become a first class medical research centre in Nigeria.
Here we are in Esan land and are aware that our own son, Hon. Odi Okojie’s closeness to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kasdim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas are undisguised.
Odi Okojie is also very close to the other principal officers in the present administration of Bola Tinubu. The good thing is that he has been exploiting this closeness to these top shots in government to impact on Esan South-East/Esan North-East federal constituency which he presently represents in the House of Representatives.
We, the Esan people of Edo Central Senatorial of Edo now have an opportunity to make Hon. Odi Okojie the Senator representing them in the Senate.
Given the mandate to represent Edo Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Odi Okojie will be in position to harness these his social and political capital for the development of Esanland.
That’s why all well meaning sons and daughters of Esanland are joining the call on Edo Central caucus and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to give Hon. Odi Okojie the Senatorial ticket just as they are calling on the people to vote Odi Okojie to represent Esanland in the Senate.
Support, nominate and vote Hon Odi Okojie for Senate, Edo Central Senatorial District.