Yemi Adedeji, Abuja
Former Vice President , Atiku Abubakar has solicited the support of Seriake Dickson, the Governor of Bayelsa State over his ambition to contest in 2019 Presidential election.
Atiku was accompanied by Gbenga Daniel, a former Governor of Ogun State, and Director General of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Godsday Orubebe, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, and other top dignitaries.
The former vice president commended Dickson for the various developmental projects executed under his administrations in Bayelsa from 2012 to date.
Atiku said: “I have been associating with this state since the commencement of democratic governance in this country. There is no water ways that i have not traversed in the Niger Delta. There are very few Nigerians who are as knowledgeable and conversant with the Niger Delta as I am.
“No Governor has achieved what Dickson has done in Nigeria. Boarding education, Sagbama/Ekeremor road, the only functional health insurance scheme in Nigeria, a world class diagnostic centre, the best executive complex built by a state government in Nigeria.
“I have been following you on restructuring. I have been an advocate of Restructuring since 2004. I invite you to join me in 2019 so that we can work together in that regard.”
In his remarks, Dickson commended the former Vice President for being consistent on the issue of restructuring.
He stressed that that it was the position of not only the people of Bayelsa but also the entire Ijaw Nation that the next election would be a referendum on restructuring.
Dickson called for more cohesion and unity in the PDP to be able to win the next election and unseat the incumbent present.