LP Chieftain reveals party’s plan for Edo

<h2></h2>, <h2>A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) in Edo, Mr Monday Eboigbe says the party has perfected plans to transform the state through technology advancement, improved healthcare, education, agriculture, commerce, tourism and tight security in four years.</h2>, <p>Eboigbe noted that the dream was to give meaning to the life of every son and daughter of Edo by harnessing the natural resources in partnership with the Federal Government and other stakeholders to create wealth in the state.</p>, <span>Mr Monday Eboigbe, A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) in Edo (Credit: NAN)</span>, <p>In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Eboigbe, who is leading the committee of global experts, explained that they had researched thoroughly and submitted the first phase of implementable solutions to the challenges facing the state.</p>, <p>According to him, Edo is a gateway state with abundant natural resources but “as I speak with you today, you cannot access my state unless through Benin.”</p>, <p>The chieftain said that the dream was to give meaning to the life of every son and daughter of Edo by harnessing the natural resources in partnership with the Federal Government and other stakeholders to create wealth in the state.</p>, <p>In the area of agriculture, Eboigbe said the initiative was to create farm settlements, provided with good roads, power, internet services and housing where people can live within six months.</p>, <p>He said that the settlement which would spread across each of the senatorial districts in the state would be furnished with enough modern agricultural equipment to drive agribusiness in the state.</p>, <p>“The moment we are able to do that in the three senatorial districts, we would have succeeded in removing our youths from the streets to a meaningful business,” he said.</p>, <p>He said that the plan included the establishment of a micro finance bank in Edo which will give loans to entrepreneurs who in turn will provide storage and processing facilities and generate export goods fr