Monday Okpebholo
Monday Okpebholo is a Nigerian businessman and politician who has been the governor of Edo State since 12 November 2024. He was the senator representing Edo Central senatorial district from 2023 to 2024.
Quotes
[edit]- Asiwaju is even more popular than me here now because Edo people already know that what I’m doing is because of Asiwaju’s impact.
- You will see the kind of result that will come out from here because there’s no opposition in Edo.
- I’m a politician. I understudied Chief Anenih, and my style of politics is not thuggery; it’s grassroots.
- Before i came in, the State was totally cut off due to the bad road, and my administration would not allow that to happen. We have no time to waste. We have no time to waste as we turn Edo into a construction site and are ready to partner with reputable organizations. We promised our people that we would fix and construct the roads. Edo people should expect good things to happen.
- My administration will fix these schools. My administration will correct the wrong, make, and change the narratives of our schools in Edo State. Our job is to make Edo people happy and our children educated in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
- I am elected to work and must work for Edo people. The reason why Edo people elected me as governor is to work for them, and that is exactly what I am doing for them by the grace of God Almighty.
- Once upon a time, we had a government in Edo State that was used to placing signboards across all federal roads with the inscription ‘this is a federal road, bear with us’. But today, we know Edo people used these roads and it is now Edo roads and by the grace of God.
- You can see the massive work ongoing across schools in Edo State. I have visited several schools and you can see for yourself the massive renovation, reconstruction and remodeling of the schools
- As a government, our responsibility is to provide the people of the State with security. During my campaign, I placed security above all, and it’s an area of focus and priority for my administration because it is important.
- We shall begin to provide interest-free loans to Edo traders. Our traders are the backbone of our economy, and we must support them with the capital to help boost their businesses and improve the state economy.
- We are ready to provide an enabling environment for businesses in the State to strive. We urge investors to bring more investments to the State.
- We have reorganized the Security Corps of the State. As soon as I came in, I purchased security vehicles equipped with modern gadgets. The challenges in the area of insecurity you see in Edo State are being addressed.
- In Edo state, there is no room for savagery. There is no room for jungle justice and or mob attacks. We will never condone such behaviours. I won’t want to talk more on that so as not to jeopardize security investigations.
- All of this is just to bring this government down, to give it a bad name. It is not that we are free, but not in the way they are hyping it.
- Pastors, if you hear that I have arrested somebody, don’t come to beg me,
- Do you know one painful thing? Our people are now going outside Edo to recruit criminals to help them do the job. They will kidnap somebody and hand the victim over to them in the bush.
- Tomorrow you will see them driving expensive cars and building houses. How are they getting these things? They will tell you they are Yahoo boys.
