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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has expressed confidence that he will be re-elected for a second term in office.
He hinged his confidence on a record of concrete achievements, rather than promises made by his opponents ahead of the December 5 governorship election in the state.
Dickson said his administration’s support base was far more robust now than it was in 2012, a statement by his media aide, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said on Friday.
According to the governor, when he was running for office in 2011, he did not have the benefit of a support base comprising the House of Assembly members, local government chairmen and councillors, as compared to now when all these formidable groups are behind his re-election bid.
Dickson said, “The campaign team we have, when we unveil it, you will see that it is made up of who is who in politics of their communities, wards and their constituencies. It is an impregnable team.
“The governor’s support base is actually far more robust now than it was in 2012 and we have the advantage that I am running on a record of concrete achievements, not promises as any other person may be.
“The core restoration team is still intact. As a matter of fact, we are even stronger now because at that time, we didn’t have the National Assembly members supporting me.
“Now, all the National Assembly members from the state are on board; all the 21 state House of Assembly members are also on board. I didn’t have local government chairmen when I was running last time, now they are all on board. I didn’t have councillors supporting me, now they are all on board, commissioners and elders of the state are all on board”.
Responding to a question on whether he was not concerned about his support base been eroded following the recent defection of some Peoples Democratic Party chieftains to the All Progressives Congress, Dickson said a number of the defectors were loyalists of former Governor Timipre Sylva.
He added that the defectors were displaced when his government came on board; pointing out that the development was not a big deal as they had gone to join their benefactor in the APC.
“We took out a sitting government. So, if you see a man who was Sylva’s deputy governor and his speaker, who became acting governor defecting to join Sylva, you shouldn’t be surprised, because they were not with us. It may sound as if some big thing is happening because they are the same characters that we replaced”, he explained.
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has expressed confidence that he will be re-elected for a second term in office.He hinged his confidence on a record of concrete achievements, rather than promises made by his opponents ahead of the December 5 governorship election in the state.
Dickson said his administration’s support base was far more robust now than it was in 2012, a statement by his media aide, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said on Friday.
According to the governor, when he was running for office in 2011, he did not have the benefit of a support base comprising the House of Assembly members, local government chairmen and councillors, as compared to now when all these formidable groups are behind his re-election bid.
Dickson said, “The campaign team we have, when we unveil it, you will see that it is made up of who is who in politics of their communities, wards and their constituencies. It is an impregnable team.
“The governor’s support base is actually far more robust now than it was in 2012 and we have the advantage that I am running on a record of concrete achievements, not promises as any other person may be.
“The core restoration team is still intact. As a matter of fact, we are even stronger now because at that time, we didn’t have the National Assembly members supporting me.
“Now, all the National Assembly members from the state are on board; all the 21 state House of Assembly members are also on board. I didn’t have local government chairmen when I was running last time, now they are all on board. I didn’t have councillors supporting me, now they are all on board, commissioners and elders of the state are all on board”.
Responding to a question on whether he was not concerned about his support base been eroded following the recent defection of some Peoples Democratic Party chieftains to the All Progressives Congress, Dickson said a number of the defectors were loyalists of former Governor Timipre Sylva.
He added that the defectors were displaced when his government came on board; pointing out that the development was not a big deal as they had gone to join their benefactor in the APC.
“We took out a sitting government. So, if you see a man who was Sylva’s deputy governor and his speaker, who became acting governor defecting to join Sylva, you shouldn’t be surprised, because they were not with us. It may sound as if some big thing is happening because they are the same characters that we replaced”, he explained.
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