The Labour Party (LP) has announced its plans to reposition itself as a formidable contender for the governorship seat in the Edo 2024 election.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh in a statement on Sunday said the party had embarked on a capacity building programme for its ward and local government executives in Edo State.
The programme, he said, was aimed at strengthening and repositioning the party for victory in the forthcoming election.
He added that the party’s National Chairman, Mr Julius Abure, who was present at the training said “Labour Party was the only political party that could rescue the nation and Edo State from bad governance”.
“The intention of the programme is to build the capacity of our local governments and ward executives in terms of what they are expected to do during an election,” Abure said.
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“It is intended to develop and build their capacity for the Edo 2024 governorship election.
“Labour party believes that elections are won and lost at the ward or local governments level, depending on the action and inaction of members.
“This also underscores the importance to build capacity of our local government and ward officers being trained in the trainer-workshop; they are supposed to replicate the training in their various local government and wards.”
Earlier, Abure decried “the high level of infrastructural decay, poverty, hunger and unemployment in the country.
“Therefore, Edo is looking up to our party to do the needful by giving them the right candidate that can defend their votes.
“Our main objective today in Edo is how to win the election with the right candidate that has the capacity to win”, he noted.
