Former Governor Bayelsa state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has said Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson deserves a second tenure as governor of the state.
Alamieyeseigha, in an interactive session with journalists in Yenagoa, described Dickson’s performance in the last three years as very impressive, visible and commendable.
“Under Dickson, we now drive to places which hitherto was not possible. We can see changes springing up here and there before the economic crisis hit the country.
“I think he would have done better, but he was ambitious and wanted to achieve everything within four years. If we bring him back for a second tenure, he will be more strategic. He will no longer learn. He will perform more.”
The former governor, who is also the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party reconciliation committee in the state, expressed serious concern for PDP faithful that recently defected to the rival All Progressives Congress.
Alamieyeseigha said the APC as a party does not even recognise them and they do not stand to benefit anything from the party.
“Some members of the party that were expelled did not do well. From evidence available, they sponsored opposition parties against their own party and no party will accept that.”
While still insisting that the party was right to do what it did, he said but as elders they have intervened and that those decisions have to be reviewed.
He said: “We shall review them. The state working committee will sit down and review it on individual basis. Some of them will be reprimanded, some will be admonished and at the end of the day, I think the matter will be resolve amicably. PDP in the state is ready to take them back.
“We are operating a party democracy and as long as you are a product of a party, the party is supreme. So you must respect the party. If members sabotage the party, it must have a mechanism to discipline erring members.”
Alamieyeseigha had explained that by the time the party goes into primaries, all the noise people are hearing now will die down because it is only one candidate that the party will present.
“PDP will present a candidate. APC will present their candidate. APGA will present their own. Other parties will present their candidates. Then Bayelsans will better appreciate the alternative presented before them and they will ask themselves question if they really need change.”