Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant Chief Solomon Edebiri has promised to transform the state through industrialisation.
He said Edo will be transformed from a tax-reliant state to an economic hub, if elected as governor.
Edebiri, who met indigenes of the state in London, attributed poverty, unemployment and under-development to over-reliance on tax and federal allocation.
The aspirant said the key to industrialisation is the establishment of an export base in the Southsouth state..
Edebiri said: “I have perfected my strategy of a one- local- government, one- crop -programme. This will serve as a base for the much desired industrialisation and commercialisation bid.
“I have also perfected plans to ensure that there is a constant electricity power supply in the state just as we intend to stimulate independent investors and industrialists by putting in place government owned cottage factories to serve basic purposes”
He added:”Our state is quite endowed with various natural and a vibrant human resources. All the government needs to do is to have the right will and intent to ensure theexecution of policies that will translate these to progress.
“My government will focus on reducing unemployment as a way of reducing crime and violence and make the state one of the most developed and peaceful states in the country.”
.....The Nation