By Ebi Solomon
Bayelsa State at the moment is on a steady growth under the Prosperity Administration of Governor Douye Diri.
It is however, very disappointing and wicked for a group of people to congregate and embark on a campaign of calumny against this focused administration.
Yes, they merely will gather to scatter!
Those who are campaigning against the return of the incumbent government are doing so for personal greed, and certainly not in the interest of Bayelsa State.
Some of them, who congregate in the opposition, APC, are enemies of Bayelsa State and standing against the progress of the people.
So, are they not happy with the progress made on the three Senatorial roads required for the industrialization of the State?
They are not happy that the current administration is constructing the Nembe-Brass road. The same road their candidate, Timipre Sylva, abandoned with the flimsy excuse that it had no economic value.
They are standing against the revolution happening in the primary and secondary schools where technology has been introduced to boost teaching and learning.
They are against the construction of new Science, Technical and Vocational Colleges to build capacity of the young generation with new skills.
These agents of destruction, who are gathered in APC, are not happy with the state of security and peace across Bayelsa State.
They are supporting an accidental governor who has never won any serious contest; a man who allegedly turned Bayelsa into theatre of war in his first coming, almost 12 years ago.
Famous Daunemigha is alive to give testimonies on how firearms were planted in his house, and how explosion rocked the CPC Presidential campaign ground in 2011 when then General Muhammadu Buhari, came to Yenagoa to campaign.
Sylva’s Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Peremobowei Ebebi, suffered from the government-induced insecurity when he was targeted and series of explosion rocked his Baybridge residence.
Very ridiculous, APC is using the Peace Park as a campaign tool, when in fact, the incumbent government says it will rather build a new recreational centre in Yenagoa.
The current location of Peace Park certainly has some security issues.
In the health sector, so much is happening with the Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme inherited from the Dickson-led administration.
The scheme has continued to save lives. The innovation with Zipline’s drones that now deliver medical supplies to health facilities across the state including the rural areas is a game changer in the improved health indices in the State.
The APC wants to truncate the great things in the health sector. God forbid!
In the civil service, Governor Diri is providing opportunities for workers to grow with better welfare scheme. The transport scheme is serving the workers well and promotion is not delayed.
The retirees have continued to pray for the success of the administration and the governor in particular, for the regular payment of their entitlements and clearing of outstanding gratuities.
In sports, youth and women empowerment, skills acquisition, this government has done so much and certainly the Angry People’s Congress (APC) are feeling so bad they have nothing to campaign against Douye Diri.
A few good men and women from the APC, who have come to see the light and great works of the Prosperity Government, have since dumped Sylva and his lackeys.
The inglorious 5 years of his administration has continued to hunt him because of zero impact.
Even as a Minister, in such critical ministry of Petroleum Resources, no one can point to any meaningful thing he attracted to Bayelsa State.
Douye Diri, is a better manager of human and material resources.
Interestingly, the people have long rejected Sylva and his party, APC.
Bayelsans know the truth which was the reasons they punished APC during the last general election. The PDP recorded over 85 % electoral success in both the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
This electoral success awaits Governor Diri and the Deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo come November 11th,2023.
Ebi Solomon writes from Two-Brass.
