The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, has boasted that he has the capacity to govern the state and provide better leadership if elected at the polls on November 11.
Udengs said he was driven by a passion to frontally address the socio-economic challenges facing the people of the state through his ‘People, Education, Agriculture and Power’ (PEAP) agenda.
He stated these during a chat in Yenagoa with members of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council.
Udengs, a former commissioner for youth development as well as environment, said that Bayelsa was in dire need of selfless leadership.
He said, “Bayelsa State is in comatose. It is no longer about the party but the survival of the state. When we talk about issues in Bayelsa State, I have seen the nakedness of neglect of the institutions that should reach out to the people and that is why I said until we take the leadership, we will not get things done.
“My beloved state of Bayelsa is in dire need of selfless leadership, and having examined by trajectory as a student activist, taxpayer, youth leader, commissioner and public servant, I decided to offer myself (for service) instead of complaining.
“As a young man, I have the strength and capacity to do the job of governance of Bayelsa better, and I will dismantle the obstacles to the development of Bayelsa.
“I am driven by the passion to transform the state of Bayelsa and make life more meaningful for the people whose level of poverty is alarming and glaring due to the neglect of governance by the political class.”
The LP flagbearer said he had garnered adequate experience and capacity to superintendent over the affairs of the state and improve the living conditions of the people by efficiently deploying public funds that accrue to Bayelsa.
He further said, “I am coming with the political will to get things done. We will begin the new Yenagoa project, to build new cities. We will revive the Bayelsa Volunteers Force and all the neighbourhood watch outfits and downsize them.
“We will revive the economy so that we can be engaged. We will fund our microfinance bank for people to support their businesses.”
