…says he inherited N332 bn debt<\/p>\n
Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has told the national
\nchairman of All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, that the
\nparty will wait till eternity, if it hopes to win any governorship
\nelection in the state.<\/p>\n
He also described as very uncharitable the statement attributed to Oyegun.
\nthrough the party’s South-South vice chairman, Hilliard Etaho, that the
\ngovernment has nothing to show for the allocation from the Federal
\nGovernment.<\/p>\n
Etaho made the comment while formally receiving a new defector from the
\nPeoples Democratic Party and former Chief of Staff in Government House,
\nChief Diekivie Ikiogha at a ceremony in Yenagoa.<\/p>\n
“If the APC is expecting the defectors it is now welcoming with open arms
\nto win the governorship election in the state, they will have to wait till
\neternity. Bayelsans have no time for political miscreants”,<\/p>\n
Dickson in a statement issued on Monday evening by his Chief Press
\nSecretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said when he assumed office in February
\n2012, he inherited a massive debt profile of N332 billion.<\/p>\n
He said, “Through prudent management and commitment to the ethos of good
\ngovernance, that debt today stands at N90 billion. Out of the N440 billion
\nthat his government received as allocation from the Federation Account
\nabout N242 billion was used to help pay down that debt even as it embarked
\non an unprecedented level of infrastructural development and
\nsocio-economic welfare schemes.”<\/p>\n
“This is why the Bayelsa state government considers as very uncharitable
\nthe statement attributed to APC Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun that the
\ngovernment has nothing to show for that allocation from the centre.<\/p>\n
“The APC chairman’s posture is highly curious given that he had warned
\nagainst defections to his party after its victory at the March
\npresidential elections, advising potential defectors to remain in their
\nexisting parties and help build a virile opposition in the interest of the
\ndevelopment of the nation’s democracy. So why is the APC now welcoming the
\nsudden influx of power prostitutes and fair weather politicians who spin
\ncock and bull stories into its fold?<\/p>\n
“Such defectors are no loss to us in the state and the APC richly deserves
\nwhat it gets by welcoming and accommodating elements steeped in treachery
\ninto its ranks. But Chief Oyegun should kindly leave the Bayelsa State
\ngovernment out of its growing confusion.<\/p>\n
“The\u00a0 state government is preoccupied with changing the lives of Bayelsans
\nfor good as is already evident in its transparent administration,
\ncommitment to good governance, landmark infrastructural development,
\nempowerment of the people, free compulsory qualitative education, social
\nwelfare payments to the elderly and unprecedented health infrastructure.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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