By Mike Aladenika.
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, on Wednesday, issued a certificate of returns to the party’s Senatorial, House of Representatives, and House of Assembly candidates across the state.
Majority of the recipients at the ceremony were of the State Governor Godwin Obaseki faction of the party, cutting through the three senatorial districts of the state
In Edo south senatorial district , certificate were presented to the former commissioner representing Edo state at the Niger Delter Development Commission, NDDC, and a former Majority Leader, Edo state House of Assembly, Hon Matthew Iduoriyekemwen as well as the 3 House of representatives seat of the district, while the 24 candidates of the House of Assembly were also not left out as they took turns to pick their certificate of returns.
Presenting the Certificates to the various candidates at the party secretariat in, Benin , the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi said "the candidates are to go out and canvass for votes and ensure victory for the party in the forthcoming elections."
“What has happened today was the presentation of the Certificate of Returns to all the elected candidates of the PDP in the various elective positions at the state level.
“You will recall that the National Working Committee (SWC) set up various panels to come and conduct primaries for the House of Assembly, House of Representatives and to the Senate seats in Edo State.
“These candidates were the candidates that emerged from those various panels that were sent to Edo. When the Certificates of Returns were ready in Abuja, I was called to come and pick them up and today, we have to hand them over on behalf of the National Chairman, to our candidates for the various elections coming up next year.
“What that means is that these are the candidates of the party in Edo State.
“They have their Certificate of Returns and we expect that they should go round the nooks and crannies of this state to make sure that the certificates are returned with mandate for the party to know that the certificates that were given out to them today were not just given out to them in vain.
“So, we expect a lot from the candidates, we expect that they should now go round the place, they should now appeal to everybody to be on board so that at the end we as one PDP big family, we go into the elections and win all the seats for PDP”, he said.
Aziegbemi, when asked, his messages to the electorate ahead of the elections, he admitted that it will be difficult to convince Nigerians to vote because the All Progressives Congress (APC) has made the living conditions difficult for everyone.
“Well, it is not easy for us to send our message to the public as we speak because the APC has messed up the whole thing.
“Everybody in this country will attest to the fact that we are suffering. Is it the prices of food stuff? Is it the prices of transport? What is it that you will say on these issues that are good? Security, is even worst off.
“So, for us in PDP, we are appealing to our citizens, to Nigerians, especially to Edolites, that we have done it before”, he added.
He maintained that though there is going to always be internal wrangling in the party but the party would always do all it could to mitigating it as crisis is part of politics just as he said that the party would always preach peace.
In a brief chat with newsmen after receiving his certificate, the PDP Senatorial candidate for Edo south, Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen said "my goodwill which cuts across all strata will come to play at the election. I am in the race to improve on whatever our previous representatives have done.
" I am assuring my good people of Edo south senatorial district that with me at the senate, courtesy of their mandate and investment in my candidacy, we are in for a better time to come".
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