Mrs Betsy Obaseki, wife of the governorship candidate
of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Godwin Obaseki has said the
failure of past PDP govts pushed Edo girls into prostitution in Italy.
Saturday Vanguard cornered her shortly after her husband got the
endorsement of over 40 men of God across the state and women groups
across the 18 Local Government of the state Thursday. When asked about
her view on child trafficking in the state she said:
“Before we castigate our daughters who are engaging in trafficking
or travelling to Italy, I think we should first sit down and ask why
the situation is like that, it cannot happen like that. The obvious
reason to me is that previous governments have failed in Edo state. It
is the failure of government that caused it. People leave the country to
go to another country in search of greener pastures. A child who is
comfortable in his father’s house will not leave for another man’s
house.
Children go out when they are badly treated at home, when they are
not happy. So rather than government castigating these our women they
should look inwards and accept that they have a responsibility to these
girls. If you fix this state and make it attractive our girls will not
leave. You can see that the trend started abating when Governor
Oshiomhole came to power, they started seeing hope in Edo state and they
are living here today doing one thing or the other.
So past governments in this state failed our people and that is why they were all going to Italy.
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