No serious PDP member will defect to APC - Governor Dickson
- Governor Seriake Dickson expressed confidence in the PDP winning the governorship election in Bayelsa state
- The Bayelsa state governor urged Timipre Sylva to use his position as minister to influence project to the region
- Dickson said headquarters of multinational companies should be in the Niger Delta
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, has urged the minister of states for petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, to use his position as a minister to attract development projects to the state.
Dickson, who stated this in Yenagoa on Monday, September 23, during a media chat urged the minister to work towards the relocation of multinational oil companies’ headquarters to the Niger Delta.
He said that Bayelsa as an oil-rich state, should host some of the headquarters of multinational companies.
The governor further urged the minister to lobby the federal executive council to construct a road linking Nembe and Brass local government areas.
Speaking on the recently concluded party primaries, Dickson said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), conducted a `very transparent and popular primary election'.
He said that PDP’s governorship candidate in the state, Sen. Douye Diri, had the wherewithal to govern the state.
Dickson said the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) could not produce a candidate with the competence to govern Bayelsa.
“APC can never win any election in Bayelsa, because they lack the presence and will to win a free and fair election in the state.
“The PDP’s candidate is qualified and experienced, he is tested and proven to be the best option for the people of Bayelsa.
“When people without character lead others, there will be insecurity, brigandage, militancy and other vices,” he said.
Reacting to the alleged recent defection, the governor stated that no serious PDP member would move to APC, saying, “I urged aggrieved persons to sheath their sword.’’
“A peace and reconciliation committee has been set up to bring all party members together for the progress of the party,” he said.
The governor used the forum to urge Bayelsa people to vote massively for the PDP in the November 16 governorship election in the state.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa chapter of the PDP disowned the former senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district, Sen. Nimi Amange, following his recent defection to the APC.
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Amange was a PDP senator from 2007 to 2011 and represented former President Goodluck Jonathan’s constituency.
But reacting to Amange’s defection in a statement issued in Yenagoa, the state chairman of PDP, Moses Cleopas, stated that the former lawmaker did not defect directly from PDP.
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