Group Demands Setting up of Agro-based Industries to Create Massive Jobs in Edo

A socio-cultural group, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), has strongly called for guidelines to regulate the recruitment and behaviour of Esan politicians in Edo State with a view to ensuring that only leaders with genuine commitment to the interests of the people are thrusted to lead them.

Presenting a welcome address to the two-day hybrid Esan Assembly held in Uromi, Esan North Esan Local Government Area of the state at the weekend under the aegis of EOI with the theme: ‘Development of Esanland and Its People: Confronting the Challenges of Our Time’, the organisation President, Mr. Mathew Egbadon, said this was important in order to stimulate the process of development and transformation of Esanland.

While hinging the political travails of Esanland to “the lack of unity, lack of effective, transparent and selfless political leadership in Esanland today, that has contributed largely to our current state of near political irrelevance,” he said, slamming most of the current “political leaders” in Esan land for being too preoccupied with their quest to pick the “crumbs at their political masters’ table,” rather than think of the collective interest of the Esan people.

“They are concerned more about how to win the next election for themselves or their favourite candidates than the collective interest of the present and next generation of Esan people-which should be our common concern and priority. Esan leaders must provide guidelines to regulate the recruitment and behaviour of our Esan politicians,” he added.

He, therefore, proposed that “violators of the guidelines should be visited with collective sanctions and opprobrium,” expressing the readiness of EOI “to offer a template on this guidelines if the assembly approve this proposal.”