Yenagoa—The Special Adviser to Governor Douye Diri on Political Matters, High Chief Collins Cocodia has assured Bayelsans that there was no need to lose sleep over governance in the next four years, as the state remains in capable and safe hands.
According to a statement by Cocodia’s Media Aide, Patrick Ndubuisi, the Governor’s political Adviser gave the assurance during a citizen participatory programme—”Bayelsa Wokeniwenimo”, on Glory FM 97.1 radio station on Tuesday.
He stressed that Diri’s commitment to project Bayelsa has not changed, adding that his vision and plans of connecting the capital, Yenagoa to the three senatorial districts by road, among other big-ticket projects were on course.
Cocodia further assured that Diri is not overwhelmed by the authority attached to the seat of the office of the Governor, maintaining that the governor will still maintain his usual simple, down-to-earth personality in his second stint in office.
According to him, the Governor’s peaceful trait, developmental strides in the last four years, and most importantly, his penchant for prayers and love for God, all contributed to his victory at the November 11 governorship election.
Cocodia further said, “You can see clearly that even in areas we didn’t get votes in 2019 elections, the Governor took development to those areas, Mr Governor gave appointments to persons from those areas, in areas where they showed hatred in the 2019 election, he took love to them.”
“So I think in terms of the development he has taken to them, the people over there are humans, and they looked at it and concluded that the Governor needs their support and endorsement, and that was what eventually gave birth to the ease via which the 2023 governorship electionnn got won by the Governor and the PDP.”
Cocodia also noted, “that as the first elected Organizing Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress several years ago, Senator Diri crisscrossed the length and breadth of the Ijaw nation and feels the pulse of the people, hence his readiness to ensure the dividends of democracy touches every nook and cranny of the state and beyond, under his administration.”
With the swearing-in ceremony of the Governor and his deputy for their second term less than seven days away, the governor’s political adviser said the state government will not be having an extravagant celebration, going by the current hardship witnessed in the country.
Cocodia further used the medium to call on Bayelsans not to relent in their efforts to pray for the Governor, saying that that way his policies and projects for Bayelsa will be fully implemented.
