Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Thursday, promised to give interest-free loans to traders if voted into power as the next Lead Representative of Edo State on September 21.
Okpebholo made the commitment on Cook Road, Benin City, while tending to traders at the New Building Materials Sellers Association (NBMSA) on Cook Road in Benin City.
Okpebholo additionally vowed to assist the traders build the association’s secretariat on the plot of land given to them by the late Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa II.
He said, “Traders are very important in the development of the economy because of the kind of businesses they do. Any money invested in traders is not lost. So, I will fulfill my promise of giving interest-free loans immediately after I become the governor.
“I am coming to work for the Edo people and not to mismanage their funds. Vote APC on September 21 and you will benefit from the programme we have lined up for the residents of the state.”
Earlier, the Director General of the APC Campaign Council, Matthew Urhoghide, informed the traders that he brought Okpebholo to converse with them about what he needed to do and furthermore hear their demands.
He told the traders the APC candidate would do all that he had promised, expressing that Okpebholo’s yearnings to emerge the Lead Representative was to better the lots of the citizens.
Tending to the campaign team earlier, the president of the traders’ association, Nonso Ibeh, said Senator Urhoghide had been close to his association, expressing that he came to them twice for his election and he won, guaranteeing that the outcome of Thursday’s visit would not be different.
Nonso added, “We pray that when you are elected you will help us to build our secretariat for which we have been given a parcel of land by the late Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa 11.”
Also addressing people in Idumu Ewase Community on Isihuhe Street, off Mission Road, Benin, Okpebholo encouraged the residents not to vote for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, would act like his godfather, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
He added, “Vote for the APC on September 21, and I will make sure I deliver dividends of democracy.”
