Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he never envisioned that he would work with two deputy governors before the end of his first and second tenure in office.
This was his remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as his new deputy governor.
Omobayo replaced the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, who was impeached by members of the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday, April 8, 2024.
Speaking, he said, “We have run a very interesting and eventful tenure since we took office in 2016 and gained your trust to continue on our mandate for another term in 2020, and at no point in this journey did I envisage that I will be having to work with two deputy governors before the end of my eight-year run in office.
“But as the Bible says in Proverb 16: 9: ‘You may make your plans, but it is God that directs your actions.
“As there cannot be a vacuum in government, we have by consensus selected Omobayo Marvellous to take over the baton as the new deputy governor of our dear state. ”
He further explained that the appointment of the 38-year-old, new deputy governor is a symbol of his administration’s unwavering belief in the power of youths to transform the State, bringing vigour and renewed energy to the drive to place young people at the centre of politics and developmental agenda.
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