The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa state, Udengs Eradiri, has said that with the growing grassroots support for his campaigns, he would demystify money politics on the November 11 poll.
He spoke during his campaign tour with stakeholders and supporters of the LP to Nembe City, Opu Nembe, and Otakeme communities in Nembe and Ogbia local government areas.
Eradiri, who was overwhelmed by the crowd that voluntarily trooped out to receive him, said he was aspiring to become a people-oriented leader who would provide mentorship to young people and reposition the state for greatness
He lamented the crisis that had befallen Nembe, sympathised with them, and assured them that if elected his administration would focus on the development of the area and stop all forms of politically-induced unrest.
He noted that he was in the race to rescue Bayelsa and develop all communities insisting that the state was suffering from bad leadership and clueless government.
Eradiri said: “We are the second poorest state, and the highest school dropout in the whole of the country, which is very sad. I am moving across all the communities of our state selling my manifestoes.
“I will change the old order of doing things. I will not clap my hands for myself for building roads, infrastructural development and other social amenities which ordinarily are the rights of the people. Together we will make Bayelsa work again.“If we don’t tell ourselves the truth we will be left behind, most states have gone far while we are on retrogression.
At Otakeme community, Eradiri promised to generate employment for the youths and lamented the death of over 10 Bayelsa-owned establishments.
He said: “So how will you create jobs when these companies belonging to us are dead? The government must support the people to prosper and not to underdevelop them.
“They have used cult confraternity to destroy our people in our villages. I’m talking to the group leaders to make them productive by turning the cult organization into agricultural organizations when I become the governor.
“I will engage them in agriculture, just imagine that all the fresh peppers are supplied by Icelanders cult group, and the tomatoes by Greenlanders.
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“Bayelsa has Sampou and Peremabiri rice farms, but after 40 years no grain has been produced, so I would rather invest in the Otuokpoti rice farm because the people in that community are original rice growers. If we invest in Otuokpoti we will succeed.”
Eradiri asked the people to collect money from moneybags on election day and vote for him insisting that voters must avoid making a wrong choice at the poll.
