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…Party Inaugurates New Secretariat Complex
Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Saturday 14th March swore in its Acting State Chairman and South-South zonal Secretary of the Party, Barr. George Turnah as its substantive State Chairman.
National Wire monitored the State Congress of the Party and reports that prior to electing its substantive State Executive Council (SEC), leaders of the Party unveiled its new State Secretariate Complex in the Okutukutu town’s axis of the Isaac Adaka Boro Express way.
Our Source further reports that the Party’s new SEC members were voted and returned elected through affirmation.
In his remarks, Chairman of the Bayelsa PDP’S State Congress electoral Committee, Mr Austin Sor said he was elated to lead national and other stalwarts of the party for the conduct of the State Congress.
He lauded Turnah and other party executives as well as its teeming supporters for keeping the party alive in the state, noting that the PDP is still the party to beat in future elections.
In his acceptance speech shortly after his swearing-in Turnah said Bayelsans knew no other party other than the PDP, saying the Party has given the State all it needed in the past and present.
He stressed that in 2019 even when all hope was gone, God did miracle for the party and a governor emerged.
The Party’s new boss mentioned that he was ready to continue partnership with all stakeholders and party faithful to gain lost grounds back to the party in the State, come 2027.
National Wire gathered that the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has recently seen many of its members defecting en masse to the All Progressives Congress owing to factionalization of the party and the defection of the State Governor, Senator Douyr Diri to the APC.
Turnah who also thanked the Minister of the FCT, Chief Nyesom Wike and its Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulrahman as well as the Party’s Acting National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu for their leadership expressed hopes that the Party would emerge even stronger in the crisis currently rocking it.
He said: “All what is happening is just for the moment. The God that returned power back to the PDP in the State in 2019 even when everyone thought it was over is still the same God doing great things beyond Man’s imagination.
“The PDP has given so much to us and this State that we can leave it. I want to promise you that we’ll not disappoint or disrespect you. We’ll work together and take back our state come 2027”.
Others elected as state executive council members of the party with Turnah include, Tonye Gabriel, State Deputy Chairman, Ato Alfreder Ebibofayei, State Secretary, Mietoikumo Opuofoni, Assistant Secretary, Biobelemoye Igoniwari, Treasurer, Abrakassa Ebiegberi, Assistant Treasurer and Erempagamo Eke-Spiff as Financial Secretary.
Also elected were, Amgbare Fullpower, Assistant Financial Secretary, Godspower Toruyokotie, Organizing Secretary, Ogbeintari Okere, Assistant Organizing Secretary, Ikaebimo Mark, Publicity Secretary, Smart Gboriebie, Assistant Publicity Secretary, Barr. Awudumapu Agorodi, Legal Adviser, Effort Kai, Assistant Legal Adviser, Sola Yoko Amain, Auditor, Dimaro Felix Enakpotari, Assistant Auditor and Nicholas Eferebo, State Youth Leader.
While, Azikiwe Isau emerged as Assistant Youth Leader, Evelyn Bolouebi Odi was sworn-in as State Woman Leader and Wolisi Kosioma took the position of Assistant Woman Leader.
