Edo 2024: Women, Youth Empowerment My Priority, Says LP Guber Aspirant

Edo 2024: Women, Youth Empowerment My Priority, Says LP Guber Aspirant The number of governorship aspirants declaring interest to govern Edo State on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) last weekend increased with the affirmation of interest by Mr. Kingsley Uaifo Ulinfun. The declaration of interest ceremony, which was tagged: ‘Equity 2024’, took place yesterday in Benin-city the capital of Edo State. Ulinfun, a former banker and administrator, who addressed party supporters and journalists during the unveiling of his blueprint which details how he intends to govern the state if given the opportunity, said he would empower over 2,500 youths with N5 million grants each to bring to reality their entrepreneurial drive as to make them creators of at least 50,000 jobs. He also said 60 percent of such beneficiaries would be women, to fasten the developmental drive of the state. This empowerment process, he posited, would be replicated every year, for the next four years if voted into office, to help trickle development to the grassroots. The LP governorship hopeful, while stating that he is the best man for the job, further talked about his plans for education, infrastructure development like road repairs, his focus on primary health care development as well as health insurance for all Edo citizens to cut down maternal and neonatal mortalities, and even preventable deaths from malaria due to the present paucity of funds in society. Ulinfun, who lampooned democratically elected governments for the failure to enact people-centric policies since 1999, however, promised to be transparent at governance if elected, and work for the good and total welfare of Edo State citizens despite the lack of belief by skeptics who insist that it is financially risky to have bankers pilot the seat of democratic governance. On infrastructure, he said his administration would focus on road construction and rehabilitation, bearing in mind that it is the only means to fast –track movement of agricultural produce from the farms to the markets, adding that he would not also forgot the importance of electricity for industrialisation. Ulinfun, therefore, appealed to members of the LP to nominate him bearing in mind that the strength of the party lies on its outstanding integrity of not repeating those things that make voters disenchanted with other political parties, adding that his government will cut cost of governance.