BY FELIX JEREMIAH, YENAGOA
In view of the positive impact his administration has made on the overall development of Bayelsa state,
Stakeholders of Sagbama Local Government Area have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Seriake Dickson.
Speaking during a meeting of the first Sagbama local government area Stakeholders Forum at Sagbama, headquarters of the LGA, Engr. Charles Dorgu, Chairman of the forum, advanced reasons that informed their decision to rally round Governor Dickson to enable him consolidate on his good works in the restoration and transformation of the state.
According to Engr. Dorgu, the ‘restoration government’ has engendered peace and stability, constructed and rehabilitated dilapidated facilities, roads, bridges and the first flyover. Since the creation of the state, schools and general hospitals across the local government areas of the state have been build and rehabilitate.
He also recounted the award of scholarships, provision of housing infrastructure, commercialization of landed property through the establishment of the Bayelsa geographical information System (BGIS), provision of the necessary commercial and industrial infrastructure to assist private entrepreneurship in the local government areas among others, as some of the good things the governor had done for his people.
In their various speeches, Member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal constituency, Dr. Stella Dorgu, Majority Leader of the State House of Assembly, Dr. Peter Akpe, Chief Anderson Eseimokumoh, on. Fyneman Wilson, former Treasurer PDP, Chief Felix Omemu, underscored the need to unite and forge a formidable bloc towards giving Governor Dickson total support come 2016.
They said Hon. Dickson’s emergence as Governor of the state was a great opportunity and divine providence, noting that the collective support of the people was required to return the governor for a second term, considering the fact that, he has done creditably well in all sectors of the state’s economy.
According to them, the people of Sagbama are proud of Governor Dickson’s achievements and legacies, especially in his efforts to turn around the fortunes of the state’s economy through strategic investments in virtually all sectors for the sake of posterity.
