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Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has made a promise to Edo people following his swearing in on Tuesday.

 

He promised not to betray the confidence the people reposed in him by electing him as the governor of the state.

 

The governor made the promise during his inauguration as the sixth elected governor of the state.

 

He assured that the welfare of the citizens is the top priority of his administration’s ‘Five-point Agenda’.

 

He said the five-point agenda is designed for robust economic growth and improvement in the lives of the people.

 

The new governor listed the five-point agenda to include Security, Infrastructure and Road Development, Affordable Healthcare, Water and Food Sufficiency, and Value-Driven Education across the state.

 

Okpebholo, the immediate past senator representing Edo Central, was on September 21, 2024 elected as the governor of the state.

 

The new governor, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated 16 governorship candidates of political parties that participated in the election, including his closet rival Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

 

Okpebholo was sworn-in along with his deputy, Dennis Idahosa, the immediate past lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the National Assembly.