Skip to main content

Dickson lauds Bayelsa residents for support




Governor Seriake Dickson has commended the people of Bayelsa for their support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate for the November 16,2019 gubernatorial election in the state, Senator Douye Diri.He said his administration was encouraged by the “goodwill and the people’s show of appreciation for our developmental exploits by massively attending all the rallies of the PDP.”



The governor, in a statement at the weekend by his Chief Press Secretary, Fidelis Soriwei, said he would personally lead the campaigns from this week.He stated that it was a “deliberate decision of the leadership of the PDP to create the campaign opportunities for the candidate and his running mate to have close and effective interactions with the electorate, and to feel their pulse.”

The governor greeted former aspirants and party leaders “who are working assiduously towards the victory of the party and the candidate,” stating that the “few defections cannot affect the political fortunes of the PDP as the APC lacks the message, structure and the presence to win election in Bayelsa.
”Dickson stressed that the opposition party “has more problems with defections and crisis as shown by the fact that no serious leader of the APC is supporting, and indeed, attending the gubernatorial campaign rallies of the party and its candidate.”He claimed that the party was further “factionalised” by the multiple post-primary litigations by aggrieved parties.

However, the APC governorship standard-bearer, Chief David Lyon, has called for a stronger collaboration between government, security agencies and local communities for the “protection and judicious use of oil wealth for the development of the people.”He argued that the tripod partnership would foster speedy development of the oil-rich state.

Addressing supporters at his Egbemo-Angalabiri community in Ekeremor council area over the weekend, Lyon alleged that Bayelsans still live in penury because the current administration “failed to protect and invest the common wealth of the people on profit-generating projects, thereby causing the people to live from hand to mouth.”He claimed that the level of development in the communities does not reflect the true nature of the contributions they put into the wealth and growth of Nigeria as oil producing areas.

The guber hopeful pledged that when elected into office, he would work towards containment of pipeline vandals and oil theft, a situation Lyon added, had exposed Bayelsa to severe environmental degradation.Speaking further when his campaign team visited Peretorugbene and Toru-Ndoro communities, the APC flag-bearer promised to ensure that all settlements were captured in the global memoranda of understanding (GMoUs) of the oil majors operating in the area.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Amaechi, Attah, demand constitution change

First Republic Minister, Chief Mbazuluike Amechi and the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah on Thursday faulted the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. They declared that the Constitution was imposed on the country by the military hence the mistrust among the different peoples of Nigeria. The elder statesman, who spoke separately at the 20thAnniversary of the Elliot Uko led Igbo Youth Movement held yesterday in Enugu with the theme “How to make Nigeria work,” called for a change of the current Constitution being used to run the country. Amechi, who just clocked 90 years said: “Today we are living in a country that is full of danger. We are living in a country where there is no peace;.......... Read More
Post a Comment
Read more

Gov. Sule over workers’ welfare

The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has applauded Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s administration, for growing the civil service structure and improving workers’ welfare. NLC According to the state chairman of NLC, Mr Yusuf Sarki-Iya, ” the union wants the governor to do more for the workers in the state”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Sarki-Iya made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lafia, on the just concluded celebration of the governor’s 100 days in office. I am not sick, still full of life – Abubakar Sarki-Iya said workers in Nasarawa State had continued to grow in geometric progression when compared with the previous governments in the state. He added that Gov. Sule had not only restructured the civil service but re-positioned and given hope to the workers in different ways inspite of the lean resources available to the state. “Recently, the governor constituted a committee comprising prominent sons and daughters of Nasara
Post a Comment
Read more

NDA Gets New Battalion Six Months After Bandits Attacked Institution

  The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has operationalised the 37 Nigerian Defence Academy Demonstration Battalion in Afaka, Kaduna State. This comes six months after the nation’s premier military institution came under an attack by armed men suspected to be bandits. During the ceremony held on Friday on the premises of the NDA, Yahaya stated that timely review and adjustment of Order of Battle for the Nigerian Army has become imperative due to the fluidity and dynamic nature of contemporary threats to national security. He explained that this necessitated the need to establish the new battalion which he said had been approved by the NDA Council. According to the army chief, the activation of the battalion is a practical demonstration of the force’s commitment to enhancing national security by complementing the capacity development efforts of the NDA, which has the mandate of producing quality junior military officers for the Armed Forces of Nigeria. He stressed th
Post a Comment
Read more