…Blasts Jonathan, Alamieyeseigha for endorsing him
Christopher Uche, Yenagoa
Following President Buhari’s zero-tolerance to corruption as expressed by the anti-graft agencies to bring to book corrupt persons both in the public and private sectors, the governor of Bayelsa state, Hon. Seriake Dickson has been admonished to declare to the public all his personal assets.
In a statement issued yesterday in Yenagoa and made available to news men, the secretary of the Grace Movement Initiative (GMI), Evangelist Elliot Zamide, he called for Governor Dickson’s mantra of accountability and transparency to be taken seriously, adding that President Buhari and his Vice Yemi Osinbayo should be taken as a challenge for him (Dickson) to endear himself in the minds of Bayelsans.
The group recalled that prior to his becoming Governor of Bayelsa state, Hon. Dickson’s wealth (asset) profile was not as huge and bloated as it is presently.
“We know Dickson before he became governor of Bayelsa state, and he never had this kind of wealth which he is displaying and deploying for his re election campaigns as is being witnessed lately. Though political office holders in Nigeria are never expected to get poorer when they are in positions of authority, the accelerated asset profile of the countryman has no doubt been a cause of concern for Bayelsans whose levels of prosperity before Dickson’s emergence getting leaner in contrast to his Excellency and family’s stupefying ascension”
Grace Movement Initiative which, in alliance with All progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) is backing Comrade Francis Dufugha for the governorship election in the state stressed further that Bayelsans would have no need to worry about the wealth profile of an (APGA)-produced governor in the state because upon assuming power would ensure that impropriety of any kind would not be tolerated within its ranks and among members of the governors cabinet
In a related development, the Group also condemned the support thrown behind the second tenure bid of Governor Seriake Dickson by the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and former Governor, Chief D.S.P Alamieyeseigha during the second tenure declaration of the Governor last Tuesday.
The group noted that for openly standing before Bayelsans who have been gnashing their teeth to barely survive Dickson’s misrule and endorse him to continue as governor beyond Feb, 14th 2016, Jonathan and Alamieyeseigha are totally ignorant and lost about the true reality on ground in the state.
Their action at the sports complex amounts to a monumental repose on them, the group added, saying Bayelsans and the God of the land shall hold them accountable should Dickson be re–elected and continue to suffocate the people with poverty, unemployment, infrastructural deficit and failed promises.
