{"id":70842,"date":"2023-04-12T21:11:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T20:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=70842"},"modified":"2023-04-12T21:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T20:11:50","slug":"bayelsa-gov-poll-how-diri-clinched-pdp-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/bayelsa-gov-poll-how-diri-clinched-pdp-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa Gov Poll: How Diri Clinched PDP Ticket\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Bayelsa state governor, Senator Douye Diri has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state to contest the November 11 governorship election.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Diri, who was the sole aspirant polled a total of 305 yes votes from the delegates to emerge as the party candidate.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The primary held at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The party delegates drawn from the eight local government areas of the state cast their votes to affirm the candidature of Diri as PDP flag bearer.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Chairman of the Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Election Primary Committee and Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, urged the people of the state to rally round the party during the forthcoming governorship poll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He expressed happiness that the committee was able to conduct free and fair primary in the state, urging members to unite to ensure the victory of the party during the poll.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In his remarks, Diri pledged to lead the party to victory during the election, saying Bayelsa state is totally a PDP state judging from the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said, \u201cIn a democracy, people must be allowed to vote and the votes must count, that is why people of Bayelsa State must ensure that persons with violent tendencies are not enthrone in governance of the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cVoting pattern during the just concluded general election showed that Bayelsa State is totally PDP, our government has been able to bring back members who have left our party before to form a united party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn the past three years, our government has embarked on several infrastructural projects and prioritize the welfare of civil servants, we will consolidate on what we have on ground already during our second term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe will continue to take necessary steps to bring shared prosperity to Bayelsa State and it\u2019s people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayelsa state governor, Senator Douye Diri has emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state to contest the November 11 governorship election.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[155,9309],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-70842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-bayelsa-state","tag-gov-douye-diri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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