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Commends Tinubu for peace, development in Niger Delta
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
The former governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Eradiri, who registered for the APC in Ward 10, Constituency 2, Yenagoa Local Government Area, said President Tinubu, through the Dr. Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), provided his community with potable water, shore protection, solar lights, and a one-kilometre road.
According to him, Tinubu is behind all the projects in his Agudiama/Ekpetiama community, Yenagoa Local Government Area.
He said that besides his community, almost all the communities in the Niger Delta had benefitted from the light-up project and other interventionist programmes of the NDDC.
Eradiri said that Tinubu’s government, through the NDDC, had also promised to carry out other projects, such as remodeling the secondary school and building a quality lodge for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in his community.
Eradiri, who was received by a crowd of residents and APC members in his ward, said that through the Tantita Security Services and the NDDC, backed by Tinubu, the Niger Delta region had experienced peace and steady progress in its infrastructural development.
He said President Tinubu was gradually and steadily addressing the injustices and marginalisation suffered by the region over the years.
Besides, Eradiri said Tinubu’s government had given Bayelsa the Head of Service, Ministry of Petroleum, and the Managing Director of the NDDC.
He further observed that through the Ministry of Petroleum, led by Minister Heineken Lokpobiri, there had been a consistent increase in oil production.
The former Commissioner for Youths and later Environment in Bayelsa further observed the tremendous progress in the ongoing construction of the East-West Road, saying the road had received better attention under Tinubu’s government through the Minister of Works, Dr. Dave Umahi, than in previous administrations.
He said that with all the contributions of the President in his community and the Niger Delta through Tantita, the NDDC, and the Ministry of Petroleum, it was only reasonable for him to join Tinubu and work with him in the APC to ensure the success of his Renewed Hope Agenda.
“The best thing to do to thank such leadership is to join them and work for the success of the party. For me, President Tinubu is one man I have admired since I was young, and this will provide me the opportunity to learn from him and work with him to ensure that he succeeds.
“In 2006, when we attended the PRONACO meetings in Lagos, he was one man who believed in a restructured Nigeria. I supported the PRONACO Movement and partook in it. I think that this is the best time to work with him. The Tinubu government gave us the Head of Service, Ministry of Petroleum, and the NDDC. His government has ensured the light-up of the Niger Delta, which has reduced crime to its barest minimum.”
