11 POLITICAL PARTIES ADOPT DICKSON AS SOLE CANDIDATE FOR BAYELSA 2015.

A coalition of eleven political parties in Bayelsa State, under
the aegis of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and the
Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) have
adopted Governor Seriake Dickson as their candidates for
the December 5 general election.
DAILY POST reliably gathered on Thursday in Yenagoa that
the parties include, ADC, KOWA, PPA, AA, Accord Party,
UPN, APA, HDP,YDP, Independent Democrat(ID), ACPN and
the NNPP.
State chairman of the CNPP, Mr. Lucky Akpeli told
newsmen in Yenagoa that the decision to adopt Governor
Dickson, who is the PDP candidate, was based on his
performance and the assurance that the State is in a safe
hands.
He said that their decision was based on Dickson’s track
record and the parties’ conviction that the governor would
deliver more dividends of democracy when given a second
term in office.
Also, the state treasurer of IPAC and state chairman of New
Nigerian Peoples Democratic Party (NNPP), Mr. Inko
Namatebe said that the parties adopted Dickson because of
his sterling leadership qualities.
He expressed IPAC’s belief that with Gov. Dickson securing
second tenure in office, the state would remain in safe
hands.
Namatebe maintained that the governor had performed
very well in his first tenure, adding that it was only
necessary that he was allowed to continue in office for
another term.
“One of the things that Governor Dickson has delivered on
is security. He has put in place a frame work for data
gathering in an organised and empirical manner in crime”,
he said.
The IPAC treasurer listed other areas in which Dickson had
made modest achievements to include, education,
infrastructure, diversification of the state’s economy,
tourism, health and human capacity development.
According to him, other areas include the promotion of
good governance, judiciary, transport, agriculture, power
and sports development.
“If one person in a single administration is able to achieve
these developmental strides, what else do Bayelsans want
if not to return our governor for second term.
“We urge all and sundry to support Governor Dickson for a
second term in office because Bayelsa will remain in safe
hands,”Namatebe appealed.