Bayelsa needs experienced, qualified leader, not a remote-controlled Rookie as Governor – Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has reiterated the need for Bayelsans not to make the mistake of enthroning a leader who would undermine their interests and mortgage the collective future of not only the state but the entire Ijaw nation.
Governor Dickson stated this while inaugurating the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Grassroots Youth Movement drawn from 4 local government areas of the state preparatory to the November 16 Governorship election on Thursday in Yenagoa.
A press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the governor as stressing that the state and Ijaw nation needed a governor who would protect the interests of the people on issues such as marginalization and balkanization of the environment by International Oil Companies operating in the region.
He said the office of a governor is crucial, noting that decisions taken affects lives and the future of the state and Bayelsa being the only homogenous state of the Ijaw people, they do not need a governor who would be remote-controlled.
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His words:”This state and Ijaw nation need a governor who will be our leader and our spokesman. We need a leader who will speak on our environment, on what the oil companies are doing to our people and not colluding with them and being a mercenary for them.
“What we know is that, in Sen. Douye Diri, we have a man who has been prepared and groomed for this high and important office.
“This office is a very important one where very serious decisions that a governor takes have consequences for all of us, not just for the present but the future.
“So in this office, in this our only homogenous state, we have no room for a rookie governor that people will programme like a computer and remote-controlled.”
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The governor, therefore, urged the youth movement to effectively mobilize Bayelsans across the wards and local government areas to support and vote Sen. Douye Diri, the PDP standard bearer in the forthcoming election.
According to him, the governorship candidate of the APC does not stand a chance when compared to Sen. Diri who has the capacity to govern the state.
Dickson, who described the APC candidate as a rookie, noted that by the time campaigns kick off, Bayelsans would be convinced that the PDP is the only party that has an experienced and presentable candidate to take over leadership of the state come November 16.
Speaking on behalf of the PDP Grassroots Youth Movement, Mr. Ekisa Esinkumo, assured that they would work hard to ensure that Sen. Diri emerges victorious on the election day.
The youths were drawn from Sagbama, Ekeremor, Nembe and Kolokuma/Opokuma local government areas of the state.
