A group of young
professionals in Bayelsa, Ayawei Volunteers, has thrown its
weight behind the governorship aspiration of the Chairman of the state Board of
Internal Revenue, Mr Nimbofa Ayawei.
Mr Kuro Peri-Ockiya,
the Convener of the group, in a statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa on
Thursday, said the group preferred supporting the governorship aspiration
of Ayawei to supporting any other aspirant on the platform of the PDP.
According to
Peri-Ockiya, Ayawei has capacity and disposition to the yearnings of the youths
in the state.
The chairman of the
Bayelsa board of internal revenue and 14 others have purchased the expression
of interest forms to contest for the governorship position on the platform of
the People’s Democratic Party PDP.
Also expected of the
aspirants is the payment of a N3 million administrative charge levy as
stipulated by the state Executive of the party.
The aspirants who have
collected the nomination forms include former Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC) Managing Director, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe; former cabinet
member in the state, Mr Reuben Okoya and an ex-militant leader, Great
Joshua MacIver.
Others are the
incumbent Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah (rtd.); a
businessman, Kenebi Okoko; former Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Mr
Franklin Osaisai and Chief Benson Agadaga.
Rep. Fred Agbedi, Sen.
Douye Diri, representing Bayelsa Central; Chief of Staff Government House, Mr
Talford Ongolo; and Secretary to the State Government, Mr Kemela Okara, have
also collected nomination forms.
Meanwhile,
nobody has yet picked nomination form on the platform of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) as well as other political parties in the state.
However, it is
believed that former Governor, Timipre Sylva; former Minister of State for
Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri; and another party stalwart, Mr Preye
Aganaba, are all warming up on for the race under the APC platform.
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