Gov Serake berates Bayelsa state Group for dumping PDP for APC
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has berated the Bayelsa Peoples Consultative Assembly, BPCA, for its decision to dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the action is due to greed.
The group, which consists of members of the PDP who have served in the state and federal governments said it was displeased with Governor Dickson, accusing him of high-handedness in running affairs in the state.
Governor Dickson, issued a statement on Sunday via his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, claiming that the accusations were wrong as they are formulated to hide the real reasons for the group’s decision.
He said: “As a democrat, Governor Seriake Dickson believes that the proponents of the Bayelsa Peoples Consultative Assembly have the inalienable right to association but also conscious of the moral baggage of such tendency and indeed the motif.
“They should be reminded that contrary to their assertions, they actually constitute the problem of development in the state and not Governor Seriake Dickson. What is plying out is an offshoot of the governor’s long running battle with this class of politicians on the proper utilization of state resources to serve the people and never to serve the greed of the few.
“Their selfish conception of politics and attitude in government are what had retarded development in the state since the era of the late statesman, Chief Melford Okilo. Bayelsans can never exchange the present peace and tranquility in the state as well as the unprecedented level of development for the chaos and unmitigated rent culture of the past.
“To the unsuspecting public, the body sounded patriotic but it is all a charade: the driving force of its members is to return the state to the status quo where the resources of the state are shared among a few greedy lot at the expense of state development. This is the truth. Since 1999, these are the same people who benefited in state and federal appointments which came with huge influence and privileges but what did they do with such power and influence?
“What has been their contribution to economic development and empowerment of Bayelsans? All they want is free access to money which will enable them to live big at the expense of development and this is the point of departure between them and Governor Dickson.
“So the motif of the body’s hypocritical declarations is the issue rather than the governor and his rising profile of remarkable accomplishments in development in the last three years in the area of education, health, infrastructure, agriculture, economic diversification and empowerment.”
