Former Managing Director Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), and one of the Timi Alaibe, has that people of his state are tired of an accidentals leaders governing the state like the incumbent governor, Seriaki Dickson.
Alaibe said the tiredness led the elders of the state to come out and purchase nomination forms for him.
Addressing newsmen after he returned the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms bought for him by his friends, yesterday at the national Secretariat of the APC, Alaibe said Bayelsans are tired of “accidental and visionless leadership,” adding that that was why the leaders in the state purchased the nomination forms for him.
His words: “You were here when the elders and leaders Bayelsa state came to purchase form, asking me to contest for the governorship of the state. In answer to that call and following my acceptance, I have come here to submit the expression of interest and nomination form.
“We as Bayelsa people are tired of accidental leadership. We are tired of visionlessness and you know that I come with a lot of experience, goodwill, integrity and reputation. As one of the major oil producing states in this country, Bayelsa has not been able to see structured development in terms of infrastructural development and even in terms of environmental development as consequence of oil production.
On why he supported Dickson four years ago but turned against him now, Alaibe said “I am a party man and that is what I have always being. I even have course to step down for people by following party directive those days, so I am a party man but in spite of how we try to support them, the leopard and his skin refused to change, you can not give what you do not have.” He said
When asked whether he has taken cognizance of the terrain in Bayelsa state which might contributed to slow spate of development in the state, the former NDDC boss who said he is coming out with load of experience added that he has built roads, Schools and shops in the state, saying “there is no terrain challenge that can not be resolved.
“Is like talking about Netherlands, city of water, and you can see infrastructures development. If you know what to do, let us not use the excuse of terrain, that is deceit, that is not the problem. How does the excuse of terrain made you not to resolve the drainage problem in Yenagoa town? How does the excuse of terrain made you not to clear the refuse? It is leadership we are talking about, leadership with vision, leadership that gives direction, leadership that know critical issue of infrastructural development and empowerment, leadership that connect with the people, that is what is absent and that is what we want to fix.”
