Oshiomhole Tenders Apology To Widow Says He Regrets His Comments

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on the 29th of November 2013 apologised for the comments he made to a widow in Benin during an inspection tour on Mission Road, in the state capital, a fortnight ago.
Oshiomhole said that he now regretted the comments which had become the subject of discourse in the social media.
The governor, however, noted that he made the comments in anger.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oshiomhole’s apology was made when the leadership of the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN), paid him a courtesy visit in Benin.
He noted that though the challenge of modern times had bestowed on the shoulders of some women and single mothers the status of bread winners of their homes, such should not be used as an excuse to flout the laws.

The governor urged the Muslim women leaders to use their offices to propagate the essence of healthy living among children and women in the nation and the need to maintain proper sanitary conditions in their neighbourhoods.
Oshiomhole lamented that the challenge of widowhood had also exposed children to different temptations, adding that there was the need for society to be careful, to avoid unwittingly creating more problems for the nation.
He noted that money was not the best thing that guaranteed ones happiness, “but honesty and selfless service.

"I came from a poor family background.I don't hide it. I say it everywhere. I was not even born with any spoon. We have to go into the forest to get the wood to make the wooden spoon. But I struggled to get to where I am today. I understand the pains of poverty. We just need to be careful so that the poor don't create more problems for other poor people. I regretted saying those words(go and die) to the lady. My political opponents are now making big story out of that incident." -Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State Governor.