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Why I’ll not support an errand boy as Governor – Gov. Seriake Dickson

Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, yesterday maintained that he would not support politicians he described as errand boys in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

Governor Dickson, who spoke in Yenagoa during a media chat, said that his successor should be principled, bold and courageous enough to protect the collective interests of the Ijaw nation in the Nigerian federation at all times.
He noted that in view of the challenges facing the state, Bayelsa cannot afford to have an “establishment errand boy,” and insisted that the next governor should have a clear agenda and to serve the people.
According to the governor: “The next governor of the Ijaw nation must be courageous. He must be ready to defend the Ijaw nation at all times. He must not be the errand boy of any ethnic group. I will be sad to see the governor of Bayelsa playing just politics, without being able to take a decisive position on issues.”

Governor Dickson enthused that he has raised the standard of governance and expectations in Bayelsa and promised to publish an audited account of his eight years stewardship.
Said he: “The shoes I am leaving behind are very big. Posterity will judge. Only very few of the people who come to talk to me have the interest of the state at heart. There is no free money to give anybody in Bayelsa. Don’t kill for anybody. None has the power to make you a billionaire.

THISDAY

Ben Idah

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