The Edo State government has said it would unveil the new development plans for the state and Benin City which would give a new lease of life to the state ahead of the next administration to mark the state’s thirty three year anniversary.
In a joint press conference, the Commissioners for Physical Planning, Housing and Urban Development, Isoken Omo, her Education Counterpart, Dr Joan Oviawe, and that of Arts, Culture and Tourism Dr. Uyi Oduwa-Malaka they outlined the events for the celebration with the theme “The glory of the new Edo Nation”.
Omo said, “ This is the end of this administration, we are going to the next thirty years of this state and what better way to celebrate the next thirty years than recognizing what we are in our past, and then bring up to the future and hand it over to the next generation that is why we are launching the Edo State Regional Development and Benin City master plan at this Edo at 33.
“We will launch and hand over to the next generation to be launched on Tuesday 27th of August which is the day Edo state was created. There is nowhere in the world where Nigerians are excelling that you will not find an Edo person.”
On her part, Oviawe said the event would feature school children from kindergarten, special needs children to the tertiary institutions “to create a different structured formats for them to interface with the Edo state master plan, it is important that our young people understand that, imbibe it in our quest to carry the torch light into the next generation.”
Oduwa-Malaka said the celebration would bring Nigerian celebrities like Rema, Shallypuppy and others to spice up the events and honours given to deserving Edo people.
The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare summed up the conference saying “This government has been very deliberate in everything that it has done, I don’t think there is any government in the past that have done this that will be handed over to the next generation and it is only fair that we hand over the next generation about Edo, all great cities, all great towns, have master plan we didn’t inherit any but it is good we hand over one to the next generation.”
