By our correspondent
Ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated its 2019 Governorship Campaign Council.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, is Director-General of the Campaign while Professor Seiyefa Brisibe is Alternate Director-General. Hon. Eddy Orubo, Hon. Christopher Enai, Sonme Ogilogi, and Barrister Festus Daumiebi are Deputy Director-Generals, while State Secretary of APC, Hon. Alabo Martins is the Campaign Secretary.
State Chairman of the party, Hon. Jothan Amos, formally declared the council and the various committees inaugurated in the presence of party elders, stakeholders and other loyalists on Tuesday in Yenagua, the state capital.
Amos boasted that his party is primed to win the November 16 gubernatorial election in the state.
At the occasion, candidate of the APC, C David Lyon, promised the citizens to change the face of the state with good governance and accountability.
According to him, to defeat ruling party in the state is a task that must be done, noting that ”everyone has seen the hardship in the state. We are in total darkness. We cannot continue to remain a civil service state. Together, we will change the narrative.”
Professor Brisibe, who said the APC represents the hope and yearnings of the people of the state, expressed confidence of victory.
“We are going to Government House, Yenagoa. We will banish hunger. We will banish poverty. We will banish insecurity. We will banish the darkness. We will banish dictatorship”, he declared.
Former deputy governor, Rt. Hon Peremobowei Ebebi, thanked the leadership of APC in the state for appointing him as Adviser to the Campaign Council.
Ebebi,who represented Bayelsa West zone, and recently defected from the PDP, promised to put in his best in ensuring that APC wins the forthcoming governorship poll in the state.
Veteran politician from Bayelsa East, Dr. George Allen Fente, congratulated all those appointed into the various committees, stressing that the coming election presents an opportunity to “choke” the PDP.
Elder stateswoman, Lady Anne Yougha, who was speaking on behalf of Bayelsa Central zone, said Bayelsans are tired of living in darkness.
Yougha said the APC ticket of Lyon and Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo represents light.
“The time has come for change, to move Bayelsa State to the next level”. According to Yougha, “the Ijaw people have always played politics with political forces at the center. If we join hands with the centre our fortunes and material conditions will change for the better. We will not remain beggars.”
