Bayelsa polls: Ijaws in FCT, youth groups endorse Dickson for another tenure

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The Ijaw ethnic nationality in the Federal Capital Terriroty (FCT), have joined thousands of Bayelsans at home and in the Diaspora to endorse Governor Seriake Dickson for a second term in office.
The group include Abuja chapter of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), University of Abuja chapter of Ijaw Students Union.
In their separate comments during a courtesy visit to Dickson in Abuja, they expressed satisfaction with Governor Dickson in the areas of job creation, massive infrastructural development, which has turned the State into a huge constuction yard, among others.
They called on every Bayelsan, who mean well for the State to rally round the Governor in his well deserved bid for a second tenure in office.
The publicity secretary of the IYC, Abuja chapter, Alex Odogu and the Chairman of ISU, UNIABUJA, Ajube Ejitimi, stated that, they took the decision to endorse gover­nor Dickson for second term, because they were impressed with his performance in office, pointing out that, there is alternative to Dickson.
Odogu said, “We are here to pay soli­darity visit to our governor and endorse his second term bid in the state. We have seen his performance in the areas of job creation and infra­structural development and would want to encourage him to continue.
“As far as we are con­cerned, we believe that there is no alternative to Seriake- Dickson because we want de­velopment to continue in our state.”
“Our governor has delivered in the last four years and we would want him to continue the developmental strides in the state. We can see a lot of road constructions, in­cluding fly-overs in the state and we won’t want these gains to be reversed, Ejitimi stated.
“We want continuity, we want prosperity, and we want progress.”Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake-Dickson has admonished the Ijaw people across the country to cooperate with the federal govern­ment in the …Read More

Source:: New Mail