The outgoing Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has expressed optimism that some of his administration’s reforms will outlive the incoming government of governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo.
Obaseki, whose second and last tenure would expire on Nov. 11, expressed the optimism in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
Speaking on concerns about the continuity of some of his reforms after his administration, Obaseki said that his government had made efforts to institutionalise some of them.
Obaseki said: “The people are very aware of our reforms and legacies we are leaving behind. I don’t think because there is a change in government, they will change some of these reforms.
“Even if the government this is coming doesn’t support or encourage them as we used to, they (reforms) will not disappear.
“Beyond this, in the reforms we have undertaken, we have institutionalised or started the process of institutionalising some of them.
“The people know, and I doubt if they will keep quiet for long, allowing things to go back to what it used to be without complaining or shouting.
“I’m optimistic that they (reforms ) will last,” he said
