By Odi Okojie Media Team
Before the advent of the white man who came with western education, the Esan people were predominantly farmers. The major crop of the Esan people then was yam. Propagation of yam in Esan land was predominantly with the planting of seed yam.
At the end of the planting season, the tubers of yams are harvested and stored, while some of the yams are kept for family consumption. The seed yams are harvested and preserved for planting in the next planting season. The farmer can give out some tubers of yam to family members, relations and well wishers. However, the farmer does not joke with his seed yam, because that is the seed of continuity of his farming career and his ability to feed his wives and children are dependent on it. Anything ontoward that happens to his seed yam signifies the end to his existence as a man and bread winner of his family.
The rotation of elective positions in Esan land which includes the Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, member representing Esan South-East/Esan North-East federal constituency and Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben federal constituency in the House of Representatives; commonly known as Ebakota agreement is like the seed yam of unity in Esan land.
From its birth in 1999 at the inception of the present democratic dispensation, Esan people have taken this Ebakota agreement seriously in the realisation that it is the surest way to preserve the unity of Esan land and the people just as the farmer preserves his seed yam for future multiplication and the continuity of his farming career.
By this Ebakota Accord, it is the turn of Esan North-East Local Government Area to produce the next Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District.
This is why we are appealing to the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo Central Senatorial District to nominate, Hon. Odi Okojie to fly the party flag for the 2025 Edo Central Senatorial election.
So far, he’s the only one aspiring for the position in Esan North-East Local Government Area on theplatformofAPC. This unity of purpose in the local government area sign posts readiness of the people of the area to poll their ballot together for the envisaged emergence of the sole aspirant among them.
This calls for sober reflection in the APC.
Support, nominate and vote Hon Odi Okojie for Senate,Edo Central Senatorial Seat 2025.