Ighodalo Satisfies the People’s Hunger
By Mercy Omoregie
I am not one quick to play politics, and I am not alone. We are many. Thousands of Edolites belong to no political party. Men and women, old and young, I write for these ones.
Allow me to take you down a quick memory lane. As one who was doggedly Obidient, serving as the pioneer state secretary for the first ever support group for Peter Obi, Peter Obi Support Network, POSN Edo State Chapter, there is one thing I know for sure:
Edo people are hungry for change.
It was this hunger for change that made us pull our weight behind Peter Obi. A hunger for good governance, competence and transparency. Competence and transparency; two simple terms yet so mighty it could change forever the tragedy of not just Edo state but Nigeria.
When I first heard of Asue Ighodalo, of course, Ighodalo rang a bell, a bell of repute. But I had to do a closer study. Because like many others like me, we will not rally around just any man. It has to be the man. The man who has what it takes to quench our taste and satisfy our yearnings.
Amazingly, I discovered two good friends who I greatly admire, men of repute and excellence. Guess what? They both worked for Asue Ighodalo. This was interesting to me and I wanted to know more.
Does AI has the competence to drastically move Edo forward? By competence we are asking; AI sabi work? How do you know a man who is capable of doing a good job? You guess right. You look at his past jobs. What has he done before? How well did he do?
AI’s portfolio is so large I can only summarize. Not everyday you find a man competent in three major fields: law, finance and the economy. His legal firm; Bawo and Ighodalo is one not just Nigeria but Africa is proud to reckon with. As if being a founder of one Nigeria’s finest law firms is not enough, Ighodalo owns a Bank and has chaired many Africa and global investment and economic submits. This man puts competence in the bag, ready to feed us as much as we can eat and drink.
We are hungry for development and progress of our dear state, our taste chokes us like lost souls in the desert. Should we not drink from this living water that pours freshly before us?
Please watch out for Part 2.
Mercy Omoregie is a New Media Strategist, Investigative Journalist and Brand Manager.
