•As gov hails security agencies for being non-partisan
Bayelsa State House of Assembly members-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed appreciation to Governor Douye Diri for the role he played in their victory.
Speaking on behalf of the members-elect when they visited the Government House in Yenagoa, yesterday, the Speaker, Abraham Ingobere, assured of the readiness of the PDP legislators to support his administration to deliver good governance to people of the state.
This is contained in a statement by Daniel Alabrah, the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State governor.
The statement quoted Ingobere assuring the governor that the Assembly would continue to support the programmes and policies of his administration to enable him continue his good works.
The Speaker equally appreciated the governor and security agencies for ensuring that the elections were peaceful.
Responding, Diri expressed delight over the victory of the PDP, which produced the majority of the elected legislators in the assembly.
He said he was confident of their ability to perform their duties creditably.
Diri stressed the need for the executive and legislative arms of government to continue to work in harmony for the development of the state, saying it is a wrong notion that both arms were supposed to be in constant disagreement.
He said: “I am confident all of you have the capacity to perform and I know you will work in unity with the executive arm just as we have done in the last three years and counting.
“Let us continue to see ourselves as one. Nobody can do it alone, not even me as governor. All we need to do is to put the interest of the state ahead of personal considerations.
“My only regret is that we have only two women elected into the next assembly. By the next election, we should work to bring in more women.”
The governor also said security agencies were professional and non-partisan in their duties during the elections.
“We all agreed in this Council that security would be non-partisan and be professional, and you actually exhibited professionalism. The security agencies, from the police, which is the lead internal security agency, down to the military and paramilitary, you all did your best.”
Diri, however, noted that the November 11 governorship election in the state would be the real acid test for security agencies and urged them to maintain their good performance.
