OBOY Benin palace chiefs endorse Ize-Iyamu

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A socio-cultural group, Nedoghama Nedo, has endorsed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, ahead of the September 28 governorship election in the state.
‎The group, comprising chiefs from the palace of the Oba of Benin, traditional priests, business owners and professionals, announced the endorsement after a meeting in Benin, the state capital.‎

The Eson of Benin Kingdom and one of the leaders of the group, Chief Amos Osunbor, explained that, having assessed Ize-Iyamu and his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki, members of the group were convinced that the PDP candidate had the capacity to take the state to the level desired by its citizens.
Osunbor said, “We have painstakingly assessed the two candidates (Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu) and we have found that Ize-Iyamu is the man for the job.”
In his response, Ize-Iyamu promised to live up to the expectations of the citizens, who he said were committed to effecting a change in government on September 28.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the passing out of two batches of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will not affect the conduct of governorship election. INEC had earlier in the week assured of successful conduct of the election slated for September 28.
Mr Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director in charge of Publicity and Voter Education in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said the anxiety that the passing out of NYSC members would affect the election rescheduled for Sept. 28 was out of place.

He said that the rescheduled election would be concluded before the passing out ceremony.
“Information available to INEC shows that the various batches of the NYSC will graduate from the scheme in the first week of October and November.
“Their graduation thus does not coincide with the Edo governorship election re-scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 28 neither does it affect the conduct of the said election.
“Stakeholders are please urged to discountenance the rumours,’’ Dazang said, adding that the commission had the requisite number of trained staff and ad-hoc staff to conduct the election.

He urged stakeholders, especially politicians to give necessary support to the commission for the success of the election. (NAN)