The Bayelsa Democracy and Development Initiative (BDDI) a social-economic
political forum has described the Governor Seriake Dickson administration
as a total monumental sham who has performed woefully in all deliverable
of good governance.
The group has been unequivocal about Governor Dickson being unelectable
since he could not provide basic essential social amenities and services
to the State, and has now thrown its weight behind architect Reuben Okoya,
who they believed could do better if emerge as governor in the coming
election.
In the statement, Ekiyor Konrad, the Executive Secretary of BDDI, said
there is an absence of clear vision by the Dickson-led government.
“BDDI has reviewed that state of governance in Bayelsa state and concluded
that beyond the lopsided and late payment of salaries and wages in the
state and the periodic uncoordinated awarded of contracts in state, the
government of Seriake Dickson has not fulfilled the mandate given to him
in 2012 to govern Bayelsa state,” the statement read.
“It is trite to state that the main purpose of government is to serve the
people through the state is still a mirage, while Yenagoa, the state
capital remains an urban slum, a situation caused by the lack of a
comprehensive development blueprint. Disorderliness and lawlessness in the
state have become the orders of the day while the absence of governance in
very noticeable.”
“Having looked at the major players and jostlers for the December 2015
elections in the state, the BDDI believes that only a tested and
experienced technocrat/ Administrator with a track record of service,
talent, skill, integrity and courage can rescue the people from the
current dangerous drift, knowing full well the resolve by the people to
reject typical politicians.”