A leading socio-cultural pan Esan organization, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), has lauded two of the major political parties in Edo State, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP), for conceding the governorship tickets of their respective parties to aspirants of Esan extraction.
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In a statement by EOI’s Public Relations Officer, Tony Iyare, the committee which is headed by the pioneer Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Mathew Egbadon, is composed of former Edo State Governor, Prof Oserheimen Osunbor, frontline business man, Chief Leemon Ikpea, former President, Trade Union Congress (TUC), a retired Army General, Cecil Esekhaigbe, former President, Association of Esan Professionals (AEP), Efe Akhigbe, Dr Roseline Etiti Okosun, former Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Post Primary Education, and Tony Iyare, former Special Adviser, Media & Publicity to ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
In line with the resolution of the Esan Assembly, held last weekend, to reach out to Edo North and Edo South Senatorial Zones in the quest to get them concede the governorship contest to persons of Esan extraction, the Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), the umbrella socio cultural organization, has set up a powerful 24-man Mobilization…
The Esan ethnic nationality of Edo State has listed the parameters it would consider in supporting any aspirant for the position of governor for the state