POLITICS: My Supposed Quarrel With Oshiomhole Is Fake News, Says Obaseki

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has described the alleged infraction
between him and his predecessor and National Chairman of the Party, Comrade
Adams Oshiomhole as fake news.
Obaseki, who also spoke on his second term bid form the first time, says
whether he gets a second term in office or not depends entirely on God and the
people of Edo state, especially on how much they think he has impacted their
lives.
The Edo state governor, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday night in Abuja
shortly after attending a meeting of the Progressive Governors Forum, however,
did not elaborate on the two issues.
When asked about the infraction, Obaseki simply said “there is no infraction
between me and the National Chairman of the party. It is all in the press. It is all
fake news.”
There has been reports in the media in recent times of a crisis between the
governor and his former boss with many insinuating it got to a head when the
governor failed to show up for the annual Okpekpe 10 km race in May.
President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly intervened in the crisis last week,
bringing the two together to discuss.
Sources close to the governor confirmed the intervention of the President on the
alleged crisis, saying “the President called them and they have been talking. I
can tell you that there is nothing serious going on between them really”
Asked about his second term bid, the governor who was believed to be the
engine room of Oshiomhole’s governance in Edo state, simply said: “My second
term is left to God and the people of Edo state. At the end of the day, the people
will decide depending on how much they see that we have added value to their
lives.”
On his programme for the people of Edo state, Obaseki said: “As you know, we
are the only APC state in the entire South South and the south east. So, we
want to be flag bearer for what APC should represent as a party.
“I have things like industrialisation, ensuring economic growth by building
production centres, industrial parks and ensuring that government serves as an
enabler. That is key for us.
“So, we have been spending time improving the business climate so that
people can do business more easily in the state. Hopefully, that will have a
snowball effect on the region.
“I promised to create 200,000 jobs in our first four years in office. As at the last
count, we have exceeded 90,000 and we are still counting. As you are aware,
these jobs are coming in from various aspect of industries, technology, ICT,
education, the services and now, we are investing in production hubs where we
bring electricity, water and security into specific locations and invite people to
come and set up in those particular locations.
“What we are doing which is different and which we are very excited about is
education reform, particularly basic education reform in Edo state.
“We have trained over 10,000 teachers in our basic education system, we have
introduced technology. Now, we can track when teachers are in class, we can
track when students are in class and for about 200,000 kids in our basic
schools, we have supplied them almost one million books.”