– The Esan Young Democrats (EYD) has called on all Esans to dust their party membership cards as well as voters’ cards to fight the injustice being meted on the Esan people by the Oshiomhole led government
– The group insists that any political arrangement being put in place by the ruling APC in the state must ensure that Edo Central Senatorial Zone produces the next governor
– Demands that the speakership position of the state House of Assembly to be given to Edo central senatorial zone in the interest of peace, equity and fairness
A group, Esan Young Democrats (EYD), has called on the Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Anselm Ojezua and all political appointees from the zone currently in the Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s administration to resign from their positions or be declared personal non-grata in Esan land if their demands were not met within five days.
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The group urged all Esan traditional institutions, Esan sons and daughters, Professionals, market women associations and youth organizations to dust their party membership cards as well as voters’ cards to fight the injustice being meted on the Esan people by the Oshiomhole led government.
They insisted that any political arrangement being put in place by the ruling APC in the state must ensure that Edo Central Senatorial Zone produce the next governor, as Edo South and Edo North Senatorial zones have done eight years each in the governance of the state.
The group in a statement issued in Benin on Monday and signed by Mr. Sunny Idenekpoma (Coordinator) and Comrade Faruk Ehimegbe (Secretary), respectively, called for the Speakership position of the State House of Assembly to be given to Edo Central Senatorial Zone in the interest of peace, equity and fairness.
On the marginalization of Esan land by the current government, the group lamented that virtually all the political appointments in the state were in the hands of Edo North and Edo South Senatorial zones.
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It listed such appointments to include: Governor (Edo North), Secretary to the State Government (Edo North), Chairman, Edo State Internal Revenue Service (Edo North), Vice Chancellor Ambrose Alli University (Edo North), Vice Chancellor Edo University Iyamho (Edo North) and Deputy Chief Whip Senate (Edo North).
Others are Deputy Governor (Edo South), Chief of Staff (Edo South), Chief Judge (Edo South), Federal State Minister of Health (Edo South), Head of Service (Edo South) and Head of Edo State Economic team (Edo South), while there was none from Edo Central.
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