Bayelsa: Seriake Dickson’s Commissioner, Special Adviser Dump PDP For APC

By Amos Okioma
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bayelsa state serving commissioner, Hon. Ibarakumo Otobo , commissioner for youths development and his counterpart, Special Adviser to the Bayelsa state governor on Youth Development have not only resigned their appointments, but defected from the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) to the All Progressive party ( APC )
They were received into the APC fold by the leader of the party in Bayelsa state, chief Timipre Sylva who was represented by the only opposition member in Bayelsa state House of Assembly, Hon. Sony Isreal Igoli, Brass constituency 1, in the presence of the running mate to Timipere Sylva during the 2015 governorship elections.Chief Wilbrtforce Igiri.
He said the defectors have taken a right decision at the appropriate time having noted that they were been hoodwinked by the people Democratic Party with its antics of deceit. According to him APC has the power to deliver the state from poverty and hunger which has become synonymous with governance .
In his remarks the chairman of the APC in Bayelsa State Hon. Jotham Amos said Bayelsans yearn for change which is only antidote to the poverty and suffering the people are experiencing as a result of bad governance which had inflicted untold hardships in every strata of Bayelsa state and by these the people should rally round APC and vote massively to take over government in the state and expect dividends of democracy from the national government in 2019.
In their separate responses, Hon. Ibarakumo Otobo the youngest and youthful commissioner said before he came to the APC he had resigned his appointment as commissioner for youths development and it was for good and did not mind whoever it might affected, adding “this is an indication to others who would defect from PDP to APC in Bayelsa state.
“To me it is good bye to PDP and I don’t whose Ox is gored , I can belong to an party that I like, ” he stated
Also speaking Hon. Asari Nengete said two appointments as Special Adviser to the governor on Youth Development and Grass root mobilization were farce as the governor after offering him these appointment did not match action with words, wondering what he Could do without empowerment and mobilization of resources for him to work with. He said has left PDP for good and will not retrace his footsteps.
In his closing remarks, Hon Fini Angaye posited that Bayelsans should identify with APC to entrenched a government that will liberate the people from hunger and despondence which the PDP government has inflicted on the people with its programs and policies such as the public service reforms which has compounded unemployment in the state.

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