The All Progressives Congress (APC) minority leader in the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Wilson Dauyegha, has said the Bayelsa does not recognise zoning system, even as he expressed optimism that the APC would clinch victory in the November 16 governorship election.
He assured the people that the APC would take over Bayelsa Government House in the forthcoming election provided it was conducted transparently and creditably.
Dauyegha, who represents Ekeremor state constituency II, said Thursday in Port Harcourt that the Nov16 poll would be a smooth sail for the APC because of the poor performance of the current PDP administration.
The lawmaker insisted zoning system in the selection of the party’s governorship candidate was not option since it has never been recognised in the state from inception.
“There is no zoning in Bayelsa, remember, when former President Goodluck Johnathan was the governor of Bayelsa, he was from Ogbia, and then people were saying that he would be succeeded by somebody from a different senatorial district.
“But that was not the case as the next three governors that led Bayelsa after Jonathan were all from the same senatorial district.
“So, here in Bayelsa, we don’t recognise zoning system, our governor can come from any part of the state and by my personal understanding, the three Senatorial districts in Bayelsa have all produced a governor, no part of the state is being marginalised in that regard,” he said.
Further, he said rather focus on petty arrangement that would not allow the best to emerge, Dauyegha said what the people yearn for is change that would impact positively on their lives. He added that they equally deserve the next level agenda of the federal government.
“If we followed closely events in the last election, in the House of Representatives, out of five seats for Bayelsa, APC won two seats and in the Senate we were able to win one seat of three.
“In fact, Bayelsa APC is waiting to conclude its primary election and who ever emerges winner shall enjoy the total support from the parry. I can’t predict any candidate for now until we conduct our party primaries,” he said.
Dauyegha, who is also the chairman House Committee on NDDC in the state’s assembly, said the above were indications that Bayelsans are tired of what he called “People Deceiving Peoples Party”.
However, he said so far, two deserving APC stalwarts had purchased the expression of interest forms for the November governorship poll.
“So far, a young woman who was a former Police Commissioner and Senator Heineken Lopkobiri have bought forms. I’m sure more persons may also buy the forms in no distant time.
“As for our primaries, it is going to be very transparent and at the end of it, whoever wins shall enjoy full support from Bayelsa APC,” he said.
