Urhoghide Dedicates Victory To God, Oba Of Benin, Edo People

The re-elected Senator for Edo South District, Senator Mathew Urhoghide, has dedicated his victory to God, the Benin monarch, Omo N ‘Oba N’ Edo Uku ‘Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, for his royal blessings and prayers and Edo people, who helped to galvanize popular support in his favour.

Speaking with journalists soon after he was declared winner by INEC, Urhoghide, who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, however, promised to fulfil all his electioneering promises, including more opportunities for skills training and jobs for Edo youths and provision of social amenities in most rural communities in his senatorial district.



The senator and senator-elect also appreciated all residents of Edo South, pledging to live up to expectation during his second term.

Urhoghide said, “This victory is one that the Lord has made and we shall rejoice. It is victory for performance, quality representation and fulfilled promises for all my people in Oredo, Egor ,Uhunmwode, Orhionmwon, Ovia and Ikpoba-Okha people.

“Let me announce today that I am the Edo South senator of the PDP. I am the Edo South senator of the APC. I am the senator of all residents of Edo South.

This is a new dawn for Edo South. This will be another four years of people-focused representation as your senator. I speak to you with my vision that this time around, there would be a renewed effort on my part to reach to more communities than I did before because that is their expectation and I will not fail them.” he declared.





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