Polls : Avoid sentiments, vote performance Idahosa urges constituents

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY – THE lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Dennis Idahosa has urged his constituents to shun sentiments and vote in the coming election and vote for people who have performed.

The lawmaker who made the call in Ovah, Utoka ward, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo while inaugurating one of the numerous school building project he attracted to the area said he has done enough to deserve a second term in the House of Representatives.

Idahosa who chairs the House Committee on Legislative Compliance, said that his performance in office within the past three years have placed him above every other of his opponents for the Ovia federal constituency.

He said he has over 87 projects across all the 23 wards that made up the constituency, noted that prior to assuming the peoples mandate in the NASS, Ovia was anihilaited by the government of the state.

According to him, “This is why I am appealing to our conscience not to play retrogressive politics in order not to go back to the dark days.

“The progress we have made this past three years have been an eye opener to us.

“Our intervention in the education sector by constructing several classrooms have improve learning and teaching environment for both the students and teachers.

“We have also made giant strides in water provision, electrification and more importantly, women and youths empowerment programmes.

“This giant strides should not be truncated on the alter of retrogressive politics and am sure Ovia people are a lot wiser now to be swayed with mere promises being dished out by my opponents, including those that have had the opportunity of enjoying the peoples mandate with reciprocating same,” he stated.

Similarly, Idahosa advised the people to be wary of those who come to them with the intention of seeking their support by playing up “whatever sentiment on their card.”

While noting that he had achieved a lot in his first term in office, he said when reelected for a second term, the people stand to benefit more of the past three years.