“I christen myself a miracle governor. At a point everybody gave up. We were the only party (PDP) the APC could not approach. We filed in court. The only place we had hope was in the judiciary.
“I christen myself a miracle governor,” he told reporters in Abuja.
He added:” We were in the wilderness and a torturous journey but here we are a miracle governor. They attempted to use the so-called federal might to impose somebody on Beyelsa. On his agenda for the state, Diri said that he was part and parcel of the immediate past government in the state and did not need to be told where to start.He noted however that principally, his administration would focus and re-energise the economy of the state to make it more vibrant.Diri who assured that they knew where they were going said that education would also be top priority of his administration.
On his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor, alleged to have falsified his National Youth Service Corps certificate, Diri claimed that there was no case.Ewhrudjakpor, he said, wrote NYSC to complain that the certificate issued to him was not his because his name was wrongly written.
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