Edo guber condemns monetisation of election

Professor Oserhiemen Osunbor, an aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo state has urged the people of the state to consider the quality of prospective candidates and not the size of their pockets, in deciding who becomes governor of the state.

Professor Oserhiemen Osunbor

He stated this on Monday at a press conference in Benin, where he declared his intention to contest the governorship election.
‎The former
governor who lamented  what he described as the  “monetisation of electoral process,” urging the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor campaign funds as stipulated in the electoral acts.
“Money is not all it takes to win. Look at Buhari, if it is money, Buhari would not have been President today. If somebody spends money to be elected, the first thing is to recover the money if he gets elected,” he said.
He therefore charged the media to educate the electorate adding “they should be weary of people who’s only credential is money. ‎They should look at the quality of the aspirants and not the size of their pockets.
“If somebody spends money to be elected; the first thing is to recover the money when he gets into office.”
He explained that he was in the race to sustain the “developmental strides of Governor Adams Oshiomhole explaining that my impressive performance as governor in all spheres is too well known as well.”
He listed his achievements as governor to include roads construction and rehabilitation across the state, increase in worker’s salary, payment of bursary and pension to retirees.