A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Festus Daumiebi Sunday, has hailed Governor Douye Diri’s determination to dump the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, which he described as a sinking social gathering.
Festus, a gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the APC within the 2023 election, stated Diri’s determination is the most effective factor to occur to Bayelsa, describing it as daring, forward-looking and rooted in trans-generational pondering.
In a press release he signed and issued on Thursday, Festus maintained that Bayelsa will now join with the federal construction, a growth which he stated would additional deepen the imaginative and prescient of Diri’s prosperity administration.
The APC chieftain acknowledged additional that political events are autos for election and that the pronouncement defines the governor as a statesman with clear understanding of the political climate within the nation.
Festus assured that he, alongside different leaders and all members of the APC in Bayelsa, will stand resolute to welcome the governor and his workforce.
The APC chieftain additionally disclosed that the governor and his workforce becoming a member of the APC
will carry important weight in shaping the fortunes of Bayelsa State.
He described Governor Diri as a peaceable, accommodating and bipartisan chief who has been governing the state in an all inclusive method, urging all Bayelsans to respect his inalienable proper of freedom of affiliation.
“For individuals who select to stay within the Individuals Democratic Social gathering and play opposition, it’s their constitutional proper as plurality of alternative is the hallmark of democracy,” he famous.
Nonetheless, he acknowledged that the state’s curiosity should take precedent over private pursuits and appealed to all Bayelsans to not relent of their help for the governor, for the state to proceed to develop in leaps and bounds.
Festus, in the identical vein, condemned assaults directed on the governor within the media over his determination to defect to the APC.
In response to him, Governor Diri “solely exercised his elementary proper to freedom of affiliation”.
Stressing that political events should not secret societies the place membership can’t be denounced, the APC chieftain referred to as on political leaders to respect the private choices of others.
