Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday said he would rather not want to be remembered for his many ‘fights’.
Answering questions from newsmen shortly after he commissioned the Airport Road Parks and Garden, when asked how he would like to be remembered after his tenure, he said, “Certainly not for the fights,” apparently referring to the many political battles he fought against his political opponents and benefactors.
On plans to sustain the project beyond his administration, he said, “When we thought about all these public spaces and how to manage them, we also created revenue models to support them.
“For instance, all the revenue from billboards around here will come into managing them and Prestige Hotel will also support in sustaining it. The military has promised to support in terms security.
“I believe in first doing the work before celebrating . We will try and commission as much but I don’t think we will be commissioning as much as 10 percent of what we have done and that is why the people came out and voted for us.
“I feel appreciated, the response from our people is quite commendable, no wonder people came out and voted for us the way they did. I can’t be tired of saying thank you for the opportunity to serve.”
