{"id":42141,"date":"2015-09-19T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T15:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=42141"},"modified":"2015-09-19T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T15:34:08","slug":"all-apc-aspirants-are-violent-people-gov-dickson-says-i-will-beat-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/interviews\/all-apc-aspirants-are-violent-people-gov-dickson-says-i-will-beat-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"All APC Aspirants Are Violent People-Gov. Dickson, Says I Will Beat Them All!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Political activities are already in full swing in Bayelsa state. The two
\nbig political parties PDP and APC are poised to out-campaign each other
\nwith a view to selling their candidates and their manifestoes. No doubt,
\nthe country-man governor, Henry Seriake Dickson who is seeking re-election
\nis the candidate to beat. Many of his supporters believe the achievements
\nof his restoration government will hand him the much deserved re-election.
\nIn this interview, Governor Dickson spoke on wide range of issues \u2014 His
\nachievements, re-election and other political issues in the state.
\nExcepts:<\/p>\n

QUESTION:<\/p>\n

Before you declared your intention to run for a second term in office
\nwhere we witnessed a mammoth crowd and supporters from different parts of
\nthe state, it was one endorsement after the other. Did any of this
\nsurprise you and how much has your confidence been boosted?<\/p>\n

Governor Dickson:<\/p>\n

Firstly, I will like to use this medium to express my gratitude personally
\nand that of the Government that I head to all those wonderful Bayelsans
\nand wonderful leaders of the state and of our party and all those leaders
\nwho came from far and near to grace the declaration ceremony on the 8th of
\nSeptember, 2015.I remain very grateful to you all for the encouragement
\nand above all I remain grateful to God that the event went according to
\nplan and exceeded our expectations. I want to again express my gratitude
\nto all Bayelsans, wonderful people who went there early in spite of the
\nrains and stayed there till about 3pm when I came in with my colleagues.
\nAlthough we came in late, people were patient and that is a very
\nsignificant sign.<\/p>\n

In a way, I was surprised because of the negative propaganda that has been
\ngoing on in the state for over 3 years and because all we have
\nconcentrated on all this time is working for the good people of Bayelsa.
\nThat rally was the first major political activity that I was getting
\ninvolved in after the last general election and so I was really touched.<\/p>\n

The lesson is that our people are not carried away by the negative
\npropaganda that politicians are engaged in. What I have seen over the
\nyears has been the politics of betrayal, back stabbing, where people you
\nsupport turn around at the time you need them most to spite you. I am
\ngetting immune to that but the people, the ordinary people who are the
\nvoters are very different.<\/p>\n

Remarkably only a few weeks ago we also saw people gather there;the
\nstadium was scanty even with the media manipulation. Most of the crowd
\ncame from outside the state. Remember I made that stadium available as
\npart of the legacy of political tolerance to leave behind. Everybody is
\nfree to organise rallies, meetings and for their primaries and I have
\nagain made the sports complex available to them.<\/p>\n

QUESTION:<\/p>\n

You have just emerged as the sole candidate of the PDP. Bearing in mind
\nthat you have done so much in nearly all sectors of this state, what do we
\nexpect to see in you second term if you emerge victorious?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

I am not surprised that I am the candidate of my party. I have always been
\nthe presumptive candidate because every incumbent is a presumptive
\ncandidate of his party for re-election particularly under the rules and
\nregulations of our party. Just two days ago you saw my colleague the
\nGovernor of Kogi State emerge victorious against what some people
\ndescribed as a formidable opponent. There had been no serious challenge
\nfor the PDP ticket all along. It was all propaganda, blackmail, put up
\nstories but with no substance on the ground.<\/p>\n

I have my certificate of screening having passed the screening. I
\nappreciate the participation in the exercise if the other two gentlemen
\none of whom was my commissioner until only recently and who remain my
\nfriends. But the party organs have spoken expect them at this point with
\ntheir pockets of supporters to abide by and respect the decision of the
\nsupreme organs of the party. I expect them to respect the decision and
\njoin in the campaign efforts . At this point it is not about me but our
\nparty. I look forward to welcoming them, to incorporating them and their
\nsupporters in our scheme of things and government so that we can move
\nforward together. I am delighted to be the sole candidate of my party. I
\nhave led this party through thick and thin and very trying moments to
\nvictory. We have had several elections in this state and I have played
\nvery active roles even nationally in the affairs of our party and I expect
\neverybody to be on board. I am a consensus builder and we will build the
\nright consensus and bring all players, leaders and supporters of our party
\non board so that we can move as a team to what is expected to be a land
\nslide victory for our party.<\/p>\n

QUESTION:<\/p>\n

There is talk tha you intend to visit and talk with some major
\nstakeholders of your party,that is the PDP, ahead of the campaign but some
\nof whom had said they do not want you to run again for Governor. Do you
\nthink your meeting them will make any difference?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

The political leader must be prepared for consensus building as an
\nintegral part of the political process and if there is anything I know how
\nto do, it is to assemble and manage humans and resources. The name of our
\ngame as I always say is engagement and more engagement, the more we
\ndisagree the more we should engage . Nobody is too big or too small to be
\nspoken to. As a matter of fact my plan is to campaign the other party and
\nits candidate out and defeat them long before the general election. My
\ncampaign will target people from all walks of life, i will visit almost
\nall the communities that need to be visited. i will spend more time on
\ncampaigns which will enable me test the capacity of the flag bearer of the
\nother party.<\/p>\n

QUESTION :<\/p>\n

Despite your remarkable achievements in the area of peace and security,
\nconcerns are being raised in view of recent development across the state
\nand the people are linking the incidents to the forthcoming governorship
\nelections. How do you react to these concerns ?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

It wont be appropriate for me to comment on some of these breaches of
\nsecurity that we have witnessed but essentially Bayelsa state remains one
\nof the safest states and is relatively more stable and safer now. Is there
\na correlation between the kidnap of my SA(Political) and the general
\nelection? Some people say so based on the antecedent of the gentlemen who
\nare on the other side. You all know how i play politics in this state. I
\ndon\u2019t resort to violence. In the end violence does not pay but a number of
\nthem in this state feel that violence is synonymous with politics
\nparticularly with elections. Elections are not meant to be warfare, they
\nare not meant to be fought with guns knives,dynamites and bombs. Electoral
\nbattles are fought with vision and ideas and i am ready, roaring to go
\nrunning on the strength of the achievements of my government, running on
\nthe strength of my vision and ideas, i don\u2019t need any thug,any criminal or
\nmilitant around. We want to win elections on the ground ;we want to sell
\nour ideas to the people and I will go out and meet all voters. I will
\ninteract with them. I will be in every community to campaign,to show what
\nwe have done and what more can be done. i don\u2019t see any candidate in other
\nparty that can match us in terms of ideas or vision. We all know them.
\nThey are more interested in militancy and playing politics with the
\nunfortunate militant situation in this state and in the Niger Delta in
\nAbuja,parading themselves as those who are in control of militants and
\ncriminals.Bayelsans should ask them the cults and societies they belong to
\nand their various responsibilities. We belong to none. They have failed
\nour people, they have failed our country and we know the issues and
\nbaggages they carry and frankly speaking it is an exciting campaign Imam
\nlooking forward to.<\/p>\n

I will only at this point call on the security bodies to be alive to their
\nresponsibilities so that we can have a hitch free and peaceful atmosphere
\nfor elections.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/p>\n

During the presidential election, the candidates were made to sign a peace
\npact. Will you be willing to subject yourself to the signing of a peace
\npact in Bayelsa state given the political tension that may likely come up
\nin the build up to the December 5 governorship election? Do you feel
\nthreatened by any candidate that wiuld emerge from the APC\u2019s primary
\nelection?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

The APC leadership knows that almost all their candidates are violent
\npeople, they are people with known violent antecedents. My record of
\npolitical tolerance is very well known. Where they will be holding their
\nprimaries is a state -owned facility;they have applied and i have directed
\nthat it should be made available to them. Now none of them as governor
\nwill do the same even in the era of political tolerance because of their
\nviolent past. The only thing they brag about is how they will use their
\nsecurity forces to kill their people, use the federal government to
\nmanipulate the system. I am happy that their party has made them to sign
\nan undertaking for peaceful conduct with respect to their primaries but
\ntheir party should do much more. It shouldn\u2019t be limited to their
\nprimaries; it should also make them maintain the peace and to generally
\nbehave well during the general election. We as a government and I as a
\ncandidate will be willing to be part of any process that will commit them
\nfurther whoever their candidate will be, to maintain and keep the peace.
\nWe want an election run on ideas, on vision. If someone is saying he wants
\nto create jobs I will want to ask him what jobs he created on his last
\nassignment where you had far more money than Bayelsa which is struggling
\nto meet our obligations. Some aspirants in the APC don\u2019t know that this
\nstate does not have the resources to fund their lavish lifestyles and they
\nare deceiving people with all manner of promises. I can\u2019t wait for their
\ncandidate to emerge. I want to take them on. In the area of security what
\nrole did they play in keeping Bayelsa unsafe? In the area of development
\nsomeone without fear of God referred to that wonderful flyover constructed
\nby Julius Berger as a footpath. You call it a footpath; agreed, but how
\nmany of such footpaths did you construct ?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think they are ready for this campaign. There is no aspirant in
\nAPC that is ready to take me on, on the core issues that matter to
\nBayelsans. Most of them are political jobbers,traders and scammers who are
\njust taking advantage of the presidency at the federal level. None of them
\nwith the present constraints that the state governors are managing can do
\none tenth of what we have been able to put on ground. I can\u2019t wait to know
\nwho their candidate will be. They have no candidate that will be a concern
\nto me. In fact if you put all of them together the better for me because
\nthe baggage that they all have from failed hopes in NDDC to failed hopes
\nin Bayelsa state alone will overcome them. They should be ready to debate
\ntheir record of service whether you were executive director, finance
\ndirector where they used money meant for NDDC to play politics. In this
\nelection every vote will be fought for not by bullets and guns or by
\nmilitants that they are banking on, every vote will be contested for and
\nwon on ideas and record of service. The APC in Bayelsa has no candidate to
\nmatch my record of service.<\/p>\n

QUESTION:<\/p>\n

But isn\u2019t the fact that the APC controls power at the centre a factor?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

I am banking on the people to secure my votes. I am banking on you the
\nproud ijaw people who have never been defeated and I am banking on my
\nrecord of service and my performance. When I go to every community I will
\nshow them the schools that were not built by the NDDC but by the state
\ngovernment. i will point at the roads that I have built across Yenagoa and
\nacross the state that could have been built by the NDDC and the government
\nunder Governor Sylva that were not built but which I have. When I go
\nrround the state I will show the hospitals that could have been built by
\nthe NDDC under Timi Alaibe and which could have been built by the former
\ngovernor but which I now had to do. I will talk about the peace that could
\nhave been brought to this state that was not but which I brought. I am
\nrunning on my concrete record of service. Those guys are not as prepared
\nas i am for this campaign. They go around spreading propaganda on pages of
\nnewspapers and positioning themselves for federal appointments. I urge the
\ngood people of Bayelsa not to follow them again as they will abandon you
\nagain as they always do and they will leave you here with your countryman
\ngovernor. Are we where we want Bayelsa to be? I\u2019d be the first to say NO
\nbecause Rome was not built in a day. We have tried and you have seen our
\nhonest efforts and that is the reason we are running, to consolidate, to
\nmake the change irreversible. This election is not just about governorship
\nit is about your future. These people want to gamble with your future,
\nyour life, your state and your resources, to transfer money to their
\nfriends and so on and become good boys to people in Lagos and Abuja. Is
\nthat the nature of governors you want in Bayelsa?<\/p>\n

Question:<\/p>\n

What is the problem with the Ogbia power project?<\/p>\n

Gov.Dickson:<\/p>\n

The machinery has been installed, the turbines installed and tested. Very
\nsoon we will go round on \u2018Operation light up Bayelsa\u2019 and then it will be
\nput on formally. W paid about 400million Naira to Shell for the gas
\nsupplied which could have been done by the governor before me but he
\nfailed to. Rather he owed Shell for gas that was supplied but even as
\nthere is no money now we have managed to pay so there is gas supply
\nreconnected. We are also extending light to Nembe and the communities
\naround Yenagoa as will Amassoma. The one between Sagbama and Ofoni will
\nalso be commissioned down to Agbere area. Now ask these gentlemen, the
\nones in NNDC for 10years, the one that was Governor for 5years why they
\ndid not give light to our people. These are the questions you Bayelsans
\nshould ask them, not running to a party because the party has won election
\nat the federal level. We are running on concrete records.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/p>\n

When you assumed office in 2012, you realised the importance of human
\ncapacity building and set up schools such as the institute of tourism,
\nteachers training institute (TTI), and the maritime academy and you
\nrecently announced that the schools will be opened soon. When precisely?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

This country is in recession, the Teachers Training Institute is already
\nequipped. I will only approve the skeletal staff that needs to be there to
\nrun it but we have funding challenges. The good thing is that we have put
\nthe physical structure on ground which is the most important thing. I
\ncannot use money meant for salaries of workers to put into any project
\nnow.That is the problem we have. I do not want to commit the state to
\nunneccessary debt and mortgage your future. I am not like others who will
\ngo and take facilities and loans and they do not care what happens to the
\npeople. I care about what happens to this state even after my tenure
\nbecause unlike them I am not a Lagos boy or Abuja boy, I am a home boy, I
\nwill be here with you even after my service supporting whoever God raises
\nto take over after me, so I am attending to issues of the state with a lot
\nof care. We are having challenges, we expect you to bear with us, since we
\nhave done the most important thing which is the physical infrastructure.
\nFor now I am concerned about the increase in the wage bill. I cannot
\nemploy them and not pay them salaries. I need to buy beds and equip the
\nschools for them to start and right now we do not have the funding for
\nthat. A number of contractors have finished their work but are yet to hand
\nover the keys because we are indebted to them.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/p>\n

When will you fix the Swali market road and consider the people of Swali
\nfor appointment.<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

There are some roads that have become quite bad because of the funding
\nsituation. Some like the Igbogene we started. We changed the monkey
\nbridge, that is one bridge my predecessor should have worked on but did
\nnot for 5 years. I am sure that he knows the situation of that Igbogene by
\npass but kept it the way it is. That was the same condition with the
\nAmassoma-Tombia road until now that we have done it the way it is. For
\nthat of Igbogene, I asked the commissioner to call the contractor this
\nmorning, so they are coming back so that we can at least try to make sure
\nwe complete even one lane, as the bridge is already in place which was the
\nmost difficult part. There are a number of roads also within the town,
\nparticularly Swali road. My commissioner and his team are on it. It will
\nbe done by direct labour. There are also two roads that I have made a
\ncommitment to in Ogbia Local Government. The roads are quite bad, from
\nOpolo down to Otuoke and from Imiringi .Other roads like that we will
\nresurface. So they will look at the Swali Market road. As for appointment
\nyou will be taken care of just like every community in Bayelsa.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/p>\n

What is the relevance of the Bayelsa Volunteers if we are having kidnap
\ncases like that of your special adviser on political matters?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

The Bayelsa Volunteers enable me and the security team to have more
\ncommunal intelligence and even on this matter they are doing a few things
\nI cannot disclose. They are relevant in area of allowing us to engage some
\nof our boys, we have three thousand of them now on that scheme earning
\nbetween N20,000 for the graduates and N10,000 for the non-graduates and a
\nnumber of them let us know what goes on in their various communities. All
\nBayelsans should go about their normal lives but this times call for
\ngreater vigilance. A year of two ago we bought gun boats and gave security
\nforces for patrol. So even if you secure the upland, we still need to
\nsecure the creeks and rivers and working with our young boys, they let us
\nknow from time to time what is going on. Very soon you will hear of a very
\nmassive security review of the water ways.<\/p>\n

Question:<\/p>\n

What do you think should be the role of Bayelsan youths as far as this
\nelection is concerned?<\/p>\n

Gov. Dickson:<\/p>\n

As a candidate and as a Governor, I have always solicited the support of
\nthe youths. More than any other time, I will like to call for the
\nunderstanding of the youths and encouragement from the youths and support
\nof the youths. I thank you all youths of the state for your massive show
\nof support. I was really touched when I saw what our youths put up for my
\ndeclaration and as we go round this state to campaign, I expect you all to
\nturn out en mass and show your vision of a better Bayelsa with us, raise
\nyour concerns. Above all, before, during and after the elections conduct
\nyourselves with decorum, do not allow any politician to mislead you into
\ncriminality and violence. Our former president used to say \u2018my ambition is
\nnot worth the blood of anybody\u2019 and that should be the disposition of
\nevery politician not arming youths and sending them to assassinate and
\nkidnap people. Politicians who do such are criminals and if that is good
\nor there is a reward for that they should have brought their children and
\nrelatives not you.<\/p>\n

I call on all youths to reason with us and even if you have Issues, raise
\nthem politely so that we can address them together and share ideas on how
\nwe can protect and serve you better.<\/p>\n

Thank You Very much my country people for your support, prayer and
\nencouragement for turning out en mass at my declaration. I cannot thank
\nyou enough, God bless you all! God will bless our great state. I intend to
\ngo round very soon to campaign for your support and for you to stand by us
\nso that we can stabilise the state because we have to move away from
\ninstability, violence and intolerance. I need your support to do all that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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