The Governorship candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) in the Edo election, Ms Patience Ndidi, has pleaded with the people to look beyond sentiments, but vote for visionary candidate that would transform the state.
While describing herself as “the only David in the race”, being the only female candidate, she said that “visionary leadership goes beyond gender.”
Speaking with journalists at the secretariat of the PRP in Abuja, she said she is in the race to win and bring transformation, hope, progress and prosperity to Edo State through human capital development.
Ndidi urged the people to look beyond stipends for vote buying, gender and party affiliations, if Edo must be transformed to work for all.
She said that Edo State needed visionary leaders to address the challenges of unemployment, poverty, hunger, and deplorable critical infrastructure such as roads, schools and health facilities.
Ndidi said that September 16 election is critical for the next four years and future of the state, urging the people to open their minds and not to make wrong choice.
She said, “That is where the place of visionary comes in. A visionary leader sees from wherever he or she is from or is residing.
“A visionary leader feels the pulses of the people. A visionary leader understands the pain points of the people.
“That is where I myself, Patience Ofure Ndidi, comes in, because I see vision. I know commitment. I understand compassion. I believe in God and the great people of Edo State not to make the mistake of following the same people that have taken us backward.
“Leadership is meant for visionaries. Leadership is meant for those who understand commitment and compassion.
Leadership is given to people who can be transparent, who can stand accountable, and be trustworthy.”
Ndidi, who described women as leaders with managerial skills and multi-task ability, called on women and men to support her vision.
“They say women don’t encourage women. Women don’t vote for women. But I tell them that’s not true. Women understand women. Women vote for women.
“Women with their managerial skills, with the ability to multitask, we do great things.
When women stand, we don’t just represent women, we represent the nation. We represent our men, we represent our boys, and we represent our girls’’, she said.
She urged people of the state not to see the election as competition, but time to come together to make Edo great.
Ndidi said it was time to explore the talents and abundant resources of the state to develop the manufacturing industries, create wealth, and generate revenue.
She said that she would tackle insecurity, unemployment and hunger by empowering the people, saying “when we create jobs and environment for investment insecurity will disappear.’’
Commending the security agencies for their efforts so far towards peaceful election in the state, Ndidi urged them to be professional and neutral on the day of election.
Friday Olokor, Abuja
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