During his annual gathering with media practitioners in Benin, Shaibu, explained that if elected as governor, he would collaborate with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council on an affordable housing scheme for its members in the state.
He noted, "Civil servants, journalists inclusive, are always agitated when approaching their retirement age because most times they don’t have their personal houses they would retire to."
He said, “We need to bring governance back to the people, this spurred my desire to vie for the governorship in 2024. We are taking our state back and we are returning government to our people.
“We are taking it from the elite and back to the downtrodden because the truth is that the government is for all of us because in advance countries, the rich pay more taxes to be able to service the system.
“We want to return back to what it is , the downtrodden and the real Edo people must feel government and that is why I am contesting this election.
“I am contesting it to return it back to the people and fortunately, I am in the party that believes in the people and I can tell you when I speaking, I am not speaking the words of Philip, I am speaking because God has given me the authority to speak and I am telling you it will come to pass and it is not coming to pass because of me but because of all of us.”
He added, “By the grace of God, as governor of Edo State, next year, I will make sure that what we have been struggling to get and we have not gotten, housing, I will make it available for all of us in the NUJ.
