September 30, (THEWILL) – National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said the party has a formidable campaign team to win the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, urging the party members to work in unity to ensure the success of the party at the poll.
Ganduje stated in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital on Friday, while inaugurating the National APC Campaign Council for the party governorship candidate for the November 11 election in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, chaired by the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya.
He said Sylva, as a former governor and minister, is conversant with the workings of government and will be able to offer the state the needed leadership and bring about development in the state.
He urged the campaign Council to be disciplined and focused to win the election and ensure that Bayelsa is governed by APC after the election.
He said, “Our candidate, was a former governor of Bayelsa state for one term, but he was not given the chance in the nomination not that he was defeated, he was Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and therefore, being a governor before, being a minister before, he has now identified a six-point agenda for the development of Bayelsa state, he has been able to produce a blueprint for this agenda, he has been able to develop a strategy for the implementation of the blueprint, he is conversant with the workings of the Federal Government, he is conversant with the workings of the state government, so he will be able to build a synergy between the Federal Government and the Bayelsa state government so that he can take this state to a much higher level.
“We have to believe in him, he has the knowledge, he knows the environment, he knows the character and the implementers, therefore, he knows how to coordinate for his six-point agenda.
“Our national campaign council, we have selected competent people, with experience, who know what it takes to win the election, to win the election, you need to be proactive, you need to be organized, you need to be disciplined, you need to follow the electoral laws, you need to know the security issues, you need to know how to monitor and how to administer the voting system, so that you don’t give the room that you are rigged out, you must invigilate, you must supervise, in election day, you must be up and down, put your ears and nose in the polling units.
“The team that we have put together, that will work with the local team in Bayelsa will be able to win the election, come November 11″, he said.
Chairman of APC National Campaign Council and Governor of Gombe State, Mohammad Inuwa Yahaya, expressed hope that with the Calibre of persons in the campaign council and the massive support the party has received from the people of Bayelsa state, the election will be an easy ride for APC and it’s candidate, Timipre Sylva.
He said, “As we came into Bayelsa state, we saw things for ourselves, our party and the candidate are really on the ground, when we saw a very high influx of personalities coming into the party, even from the sitting government and other parties, we really have peace of mind that our party is heading for success.
“With the caliber of personalities in the campaign team, I believe by the grace of God, we will deliver Sylva into the Government House in Yenagoa. We will work assiduously and deliver to him whatever it takes.
“But for us to succeed, I call on all party men and women, Committee members to join hands, because there is strength in unity, we should never go with a divided house, what we saw on the ground already, with a little effort, we will unseat the PDP government and to do that, we must work hard”, he said.
The governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, promised to return the state back to the part of progress and development, using his six-point agenda.
The National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje and his entourage were at the secretariat of the Bayelsa state Traditional Rulers council to intimate the monarchs on their mission in the state and seek their prayers for a successful election and we received the chairman of Bayelsa state Traditional Rulers council, HRM King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada iv, the Ibenanaowei of Ekpatiama Kingdom who urged them to go into the election devoid of violence, intimidation and rancour, as they remain neutral to all political parties.
