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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Director of New Media of the Bayelsa State Government, Dr Kola Oredipe, has asserted that Governor Douye Diri has done much to earn a second term in office.
According to him, within the last three years in office, the governor had embarked on key projects and infrastructure such as roads, education, security, and the welfare of civil servants and pensioners.
Speaking to members of the Federated Correspondent’s Chapel of the Indian Union of Journalists, he stated that with over 85 per cent in performance so far, Governor Diri is poised for victory to get a second term in the November 11th, 2023 gubernatorial elections in the state.
He said: “I can tell you that if an election is conducted today, Governor Douye Diri will win in all the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State regardless of where the other candidates come from. The project Bayelsa is very key to him and he feels very strongly about it. He restored peace and order to the state on the assumption of office. Infrastructure-wise, roads, education, sports, empowerment, and different skills acquisition programmes, he has done so much in all these areas. Wherever you go, everybody is singing Governor Douye Diri for a second term.”
The Director of New Media pointed out that with accomplishments in critical projects such as the Nembe Unity Bridge, Elebele Bridge, Imiringi Bridge, and ongoing construction works on the Nembe-Brass Road, the Yenagoa-Oporoma road as well as accreditation for the Bayelsa State College of Education, Sagbama and the Niger Delta University, the governor has fast-tracked the development of the state.
Oredipe said with the prevailing peace across the state, more investments are underway to access the Blue Economy through the ccean via the three Senatorial Roads, which will give access to the sea.
On the issue of perennial flood disasters in the state, he said the governor had created a Directorate of Flood and Erosion Control to prepare an adequate response in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment to open up blocked drains, canals, and water channels.
He explained that the administration had committed funds to address the erosion threat at the Obogoro community in Yenagoa Local Government Area.
