The Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an immediate and unconditional halt to the plan by the state government to demolish Benin Central Hospital and in its place build an ultra-modern motor park.
In a statement issued by its State Assistant Publicity Secretary, Victor Osheobo, on Monday, December 27, in Benin, the APC described the plan as a plot to “Make Edo Grounded Again” (MEGA).
According to the party, there is no wisdom in the reason advanced by the government for the proposed demolition of the hospital which is to make way for an ultra-modern Motor Park to decongest the city centre and ultimately generate additional revenue for the state.
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“We label such thinking not only as weird and evil but also unacceptable.
“This is because no right-thinking government will prefer to replace a viable health facility which it should equip and staff, to better cater for the well-being of the people, with a Motor Park.
“The APC has it on good authority that the hospital has been stripped bare; while bulldozers are already lined up for the demolition exercise.
“Our party will not allow this unpatriotic effort of the government to continue because potentially it destroys the fortunes of generations of Edo children.
“We also demand an immediate and complete cessation of all MoUs (Memoranda of Understanding); or partnerships the Edo State government has entangled itself with, to warrant this sinister move.
“We want to place Gov. (Godwin) Obaseki and his PDP government in particular; on notice that the APC will hold them responsible for the extent of their complicity; if they attempt to remain silent in the wake of this glaring and dubious attempt; to shortchange the people of Edo by swindling them out of their legitimate inheritance,” the statement read.
The party urged all critical stakeholders and the general public; to raise their voices in defense of the interest of the Edo people; against the morbid scheme by those who have made it a duty; to ensure that the state remained backward.
This, it said, is being orchestrated by undermining the historical, economic, and social fabrics of the state; to stimulate and encourage rampant poverty, and social problems; under various guises including this one.
