Wife of the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Mrs. Teslima Abubakar Eradiri, has urged voters in Bayelsa State to back her husband’s bid and sack Governor Douye Diri in the next month governorship election in the state.
She made the appeal yesterday during the official launch of her campaign to mobilise women for her husband, Udengs Eradiri.
Speaking after a meeting in Yenagoa with the LP women leaders in the eight local government areas, Mrs. Eradiri appealed to them to begin grassroots mobilization in their areas to support her husband.
She said there was a need for the women to close ranks, understand her husband’s vision for the state and take the message to their various communities.
She insisted that the LP candidate remained the best for the job, adding that Eradiri would transform Bayelsa from a spending state to an income-generating state for a better life for residents.
She said: “He wants a better life for children. He wants a Bayelsa State where people will come to, a state that has something that will attract people. We are not going to be a spending state, by God’s grace we are going to be an income generating state.
“There must be something bringing people to Bayelsa State, where people will, ‘say there is this hospital in Yenagoa, if you are looking for the best cancer doctor, it’s in Yenagoa’. If you are looking for the best orthopedic surgeon, it’s in Yenagoa. If you are looking for a rice factory, it’s in Yenagoa, if you are looking for a sugar mill, it’s in Yenagoa.
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Mrs. Eradiri lamented that Bayelsa had been plagued with bad leaders, adding that it was time to issue them a red card.
She said: “Then you will realize that Bayelsa State has been plagued with bad leaders, with greedy people who only want to come in and fend for themselves and their families. They will come and marry ten wives while they are in office with state resources, living lavish lifestyle.
“A lot of these our leaders in the state, their children cannot come back to this state to speak. What are you speaking on? Did you go to school in Bayelsa?
“It is these things that have caused deep pain in our heart that has made Udengs come forward and say this is what he wants to change in the state. He wants a state that will be better for all of us, it may not be for us today, it will be for the generations coming. It will be for our young children and your grandchildren.”
She also advised the women on the need to continuously sensitize the electorate especially at the rural areas on the processes of voting to avoid unnecessary mistakes that would lead to cancelation or voiding of votes on the election day.