APC says it has laid solid foundation to take over powers in Bayelsa – Sylva
By Our Abuja Correspondent
The ruling party of Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it has put its machinery in place to take over powers in Bayelsa state on November 16 governorship election to address the socio-economic and political predicaments bedeviling the state.


Chief Timipre Sylva, Former Governor/APC Leader Senator (Bishop) Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo
Bayelsa State Senator Representing Bayelsa East
The former governor and leader of the party in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva dropped the hint at a grand reception and dinner party organized in honour of the Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Bishop Biobarakuma W. Degi-Eremienyo and the members representing Southern Ijaw and Brass/Nembe Federal Constituencies, Rt. Hon Preye Oseke and Rt Hon Isreal Sunny Igoli in Abuja shortly after the inauguration of the 9th National Assembly and subsequent swearing them in.
Chief Sylva who described the growth of
the party in the state as the Mustard Seed, said that “APC has grown in Bayelsa
like the Mustard Seed that has been sown and today it has become the peak tree?


Chief Timipre Sylva, Former Governor/APC Leader in Bayelsa state and Senator (Bishop) Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo exchanging view.
He maintained that sometime when a tree
grows and the branches spread out, all kinds of people came to that tree to
take shelter, but after a while you see that only the good people will remain.
“And that is what is happening to APC in Bayelsa”, he observed.
Chief Sylva asserted emphatically that the
party lost the 2015 governorship election not because the party was not on
ground or was not popular in the state but because of sabotage from party’s
members.
He expressed joy that those who has
constituted themselves as stumbling block for the victory and the progress of
the party are filtering themselves out. “That was why you see that this time in spite
of the minimal resources available to us we fair better.”
“And let me just say this again, some
people say I have a prophetic anointing. And maybe I do. Some people will leave
us. And some good people will come and join us,” he asserted.
Sylva reiterated the victory of the party
on November 16 governorship election, saying that no Jupiter on earth can stop
it because the time has come.
The APC leader lamented over the
multifarious problems facing the people of the state, pointing out that when
you visit the state you see the problems of Bayelsa on the streets of
Bayelsa.
He added that APC on inception to office
on February 14, 2020 will address the various problems facing the people of the
eight local government areas to give a sense of belongs.
His words “When you go to Bayelsa state today, it is a sad story. You see problems of Bayelsa on the streets of Bayelsa. All of us have learnt. All of us have experience how not to administer a state. So, this time we promise you better Bayelsa state.
We will start to grow Bayelsa and ensure that in no distance time Bayelsa will be counted among one of the best state in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He who has ears to hear let him hear that progress is coming; that the good things are coming.
But, please, don’t stop anybody who wants
to jump out of the ship. Don’t stop them because we don’t need them.
There are people who have bad luck,
anytime they are in your ship you will sink. Anytime they support you, you will
lose. There are people like that.
Also, there are people when they support
you, you will win. I have seen it many times, that is why I don’t stop people
when they want to leave.
If APC want to float now you will see a
few people that want to leave. Don’t stop them because those ones if they are
with us we will not win. Please, if they are with us we will not win. Allow
them to go with their bad luck wherever they came from. Agbere fa-o-o-o,” Sylva
asserted.
Chief Sylva extolled virtues and leadership
qualities of APC representatives in the 9th National Assembly.
He described Senator (Bishop) Biobarakuma
W. Degi-Eremienyo of Bayelsa East as a renowned grassroots politician who
started politics as a councillor and grew from there to become a vice chairman
and chairman of local government council and thereafter became a commissioner
for Local Government and Rural Development and Commissioner for Health and grew
from there to hold office from National Institution called FERMA.
“And now by the grace of God and by the
exercise of your will, you have unanimously given him your votes and brought him to
represent you in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
I can tell you this about him that you
cannot have a better representative in the Senate. And the way he has seen
himself and the way we have spoken he has seen himself as not only representing
Bayelsa East. He is representing the whole Bayelsa state APC family and the
people because this is the only one we have now. May be another one might be
added to us by the grace of God. But for now, he is the representative of APC
in Bayelsa state in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
And I pray the Lord will strengthen his hands
and bless him so that he will be in position to carry this huge responsibility,
“Sylva said.
The pragmatic and visionary leader of APC noted
with regret that a lot of people when given responsibility take it as if it is
their own personal responsibility for their family.
He said when you are given responsibility,
especially at the federal level, as a Senator or as a Minister of Federal
Republic, they should know that, that responsibility is not your own, but you
are holding office on behalf of all the people.
“But when you are minister and you begin
to administer your ministerial office as if it is your own, and then you are
not carrying your party as if you are representing the party, that is misnomer”
, Sylva pointed out.
According to Chief Sylva, “we are learning
every day. And I’m happy that this Senator especially, has seen himself as not
only a representative of himself and his family and not only a representative
of his Senatorial District, but he has seen himself as a representative of the
APC and the people of Bayelsa state.
He continues “Let me personally welcome Rt.
Hon Preye Oseke who has arrived here with his amiable wife by his side”.
Hon. Preye Oseke himself told me the same story that he is not only representative
of Southern Ijaw but both APC family in the House of Representatives.
With this quality of representation that we
now have, I can tell you that it is very clear that APC will carry the Day in
Bayelsa state in November 16. It is time for us to take back our state.
This time it will be better and the sun will
never set again on Bayelsa state,” the sage averred.
Also in his remarks, the Senator
representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Senator (Bishop) Biobarakuma W. Degi-Eremienyo
commended the APC family in Bayelsa state and the electorates for voting for
him massively and unanimously given him the mandate to represent them.
Senator Degi-Eremienyo assured them
effective representation and pledged to carry all along in his administration.
He thanked God for His unflinching
support and prayed for continue support to actualize his statutory
responsibilities to the people of the state and Nigerians.
Earlier in his opening remarks, Engr
Numopre Wills who chaired the occasion said that APC has the chances to win
Bayelsa state November 16 governorship polls.
He therefore enjoined the members of the party in the state to shun divisive tendencies and unite to work as an inseparable entity to usher in the party’s victory in November 16.
He therefore enjoined the members of the party in the state to shun divisive tendencies and unite to work as an inseparable entity to usher in the party’s victory in November 16.
The renowned politician also advised the
party to ignore all forms of media campaign of blackmail and calumny against
the party and its leaders by some unscrupulous and inordinate politicians
saying that Bayelsans are not unaware of the unbearable predicaments facing
them, noting that APC is the only solution to these problems come November 16.
Noting that APC is the only party ordained
by God now to salvage the people of the state from the shackle of poverty,
deprivation and under development, Engr Wills extolled the virtues of Senator
Degi-Eremienyo and other APC representatives in the 9th National
Assembly and prayed God for protection and guidance over the onerous task of
ensuring effective representation.
The ceremony which was entertained by Ijaw
Owigiri philosophical legend, Barrister Smooth attracted
personalities from
different walks of life irrespective of their political inclination, party
faithful, friends and well wishers, traditional rulers, men and women as well
as Bayelsa youths from the eight local government areas of state and Nigerians
in general.
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