We
have resolved in Agbonlahor and Sons Ventures, The Writer for All Cooperative
Farmers Association, Edo State. Regardless of the fact that farmers are not
given the required attention to strive in the state, we deem it necessary never
to publish any edition of our write-up without mentioning one good thing done
by an Edo indigene.
In
this Edition, we want to tell the Talk –
And – Do governor of the state THANK
YOU for all the good works he has been doing for the plus of Edo State
citizens and the nation in general.
We
want to remind ourselves once again of some basic development projects Edo
State Executive governor has embarked on in the shortest possible time, both the ones he has completed and some other
he is still working on. We are very pleases to say here that;
1.
Most
primary school which were neglected by previous government, many roads which
were considered write off by preceding governments has been re-constructed
while many more are in line for reconstruction or re-activation.
2.
We,
the good people of Edo State for the first time are enjoying air-conditioned
and computerized busses as an intra and inter transport services.
3.
Edo
people who never knew that The state can accommodate street light has for the
first time see the beauty one derive if he/she is driving at night with street
lights every where, at this point we want to inform the reader of this book
that the fact that this book is not prepared to promote a particular person or
party for selfish gains, wish to state categorically here that there is need to
appreciate the effort of anyone who have the motivation to make The people of
Edo State honorable and dignified.
Dear reader,
have you ever seen anywhere in Edo state before now, where such qualities
material as is being used today to construct our drained were ever used by any
government before? Or have you noticed our drained permanently secured to
enhance durability? As the Comrade governor is doing? We believe in the power
of truth, hence we wish to say the truth at all times. Therefore, other truths
we still have in our anthology are:
1.
Edo
State under the government of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has constructed the
Highest waterfall in Nigeria.
2.
Edo
state is working towards being the best state with the best learning
environment in Nigeria under the government of comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
3.
Ogbe
Stadium in Edo state started to host international football matches. First time
in the history of the state under the leadership of the peoples governor,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
4.
First
time in history of Edo state for peasant farmers (real/original farmers) to
benefit justly from any government incentives for them. Under the leadership of
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
5.
What
about the Hospital that was neglected for so long, did anyone ever thought that
is can ever wear such good look as it’s wearing today, even when it has not
been completed? All these life poignant projects were conducted by the
un-comparable genius from Edo land, our only comrade governor Adams Oshiomhole.
Time will fail us/me if us/I want to
enumerate all the good, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has facilitated for the people
of Edo and the county in general. However, we won’t forget to say here that the
Governor has shown that his mission to mankind is to defend humiliated people,
no wonder he explained that the problems of the state particularly in the areas
of flood and erosion required proper planning and that it would be suicidal to
commence work on them without tackling the problems holistically. He said he
would not be rushed into taking decisions that would lead him into doing a bad
job (BAD THING). He insisted that he should be given enough time to plan before
rolling out bulldozers in the streets. Besides, he said that if his challengers
had planted flowers during their time as leaders in the state, he would have
used the fund for something else. But our good Governor, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole lamented that the successive governments has ruined the state during
the period they were in power. 
The most interesting message we, the Edo
Farmers has ever received from the governor was when recently, Governor Adams
Oshiomhole declared that “agriculture is a credible factor that can be used to
address unemployment and to transform the state. He continued by saying that
what has been causing delay in identifying and assisting this sector, was the
rot in the civil service especially in the agricultural sector. But now he (The
Governor) is willing to address the inhumanity faced in that sector”. This assurance
was given in the retreat which was held in AGENEBODE and attended by the
governor. It has as its theme “Sustaining reforms, Expletive from a Development
partner”
The most interesting message we, the Edo
Farmers has ever received from the governor was when recently, Governor Adams
Oshiomhole declared that “agriculture is a credible factor that can be used to
address unemployment and to transform the state. He continued by saying that
what has been causing delay in identifying and assisting this sector, was the
rot in the civil service especially in the agricultural sector. But now he (The
Governor) is willing to address the inhumanity faced in that sector”. This assurance
was given in the retreat which was held in AGENEBODE and attended by the
governor. It has as its theme “Sustaining reforms, Expletive from a Development
partner”
BUT WHO IS THIS
ADAMS OSHIOMHOLE?
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole was born on April
4, 1952 in Iyamoh, near Auchi in today's Edo State. He was born into the humble
family of Alhaji Aliyu Oshiomhole of blessed memory and Alhaja Aishetu
Oshiomhole. After his secondary education, Adams Oshiomhole proceeded to the
Ruskin College, Oxford where he majored in economics and industrial relations.
He was also an alumnus of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies, Kuru.
In
1969 before his tertiary education, he had taken up appointment with the Arewa
Textiles Company. He was also inspired to play an active role in the union
because he was not satisfied with the quality of the union's leadership.
Oshiomhole's other colleagues in the textile factory elected him as the union
secretary after a shop-floor revolution, which he helped to organize. He became
a full time trade organizer in 1975.
In
1982, Adams Oshiomhole was appointed by the National Union of Textile Garment
and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria as their General Secretary; a union with over
75,000 workers. As General Secretary of the union, he became a major actor and
catalyst in the Nigerian Labour Congress and the wider radical movement in
Nigeria. With the restoration of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, Oshiomhole
became the 4th president of the NLC. He led the NLC and the rest of the
Nigerian people to resist arbitrary increases in the prices of petroleum
products. He personally led the strikes, demonstrations and protests, which
decisively helped to moderate the Obasanjo Administration on its harsh fuel
pricing policy and other social and economic policies, which would have
endangered the welfare of the people. In 2006, the Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma awarded him a honorary doctorate of law degree. At the International
level, Oshiomhole's services has been in high demand. He represented African
workers for two terms on the Governing Body of the International Labour
Organization (ILO).
He
served on the powerful committee on Freedom of Association of the ILO, which is
the only international tribunal on workers' rights issues. He had been on the
Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(ICFTU), the Executive Board of the African Regional Organization of the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
In
April 2007, he was overwhelmingly elected Governor of Edo State under the
Action Congress Party, with which Oshiomhole's Labour Party had entered a
strategic alliance. However, he was robbed of victory by the Peoples Democratic
Party, which installed its candidate, Edo State and the rest of Nigeria were
rightly outraged by this robbery and rose in unison to protest. Oshiomhole led
the people to defend their votes and this struggle was rewarded first by the
Edo State Election Petition Tribunal. He was re-affirmed and restored on
November 11, 2008 by the Court of Appeal. On November 12, 2008, he was formally
sworn in as the Governor of Edo State. Adams Oshiomhole is married to another
comrade; Mrs. Clara Oshiomhole and they have five children. Two medical
doctors, an Accountant and two Undergraduates.
