Sylva mocks Dickson’s airport in Bayelsa
The former governor spoke at the celebration of his 55th birthday, which was attended at the weekend by crowd of persons comprising his friends, political associates and supporters in Yenagoa, the state capital.
“My challenge to the present Governor of Bayelsa state is that he should be landing in Yenagoa in the airport he has built. The airport cost us about N100bn. He himself told us it cost us 80bn in his transparency briefing. “Yenagoa has become a dark city, like a city in the dark ages. Hunger is walking on the streets of Yenagoa in the form of insecurity. Now we are hurrying to close because we are all afraid, because those boys are out there”.
“Some people, who do not have any ability only want to ride on divisions. Without division, nobody is going to listen to them so they tell you about core ijaw, and non-core ijaw. When those people come and talk to you tell them hunger doesn’t have core Ijaw. Poverty, doesn’t see non-core Ijaw”, he said.
“So when I came in as governor in 2007, I had as my cornerstone the development of the people of Bayelsa state, the empowerment of the people of Bayelsa state”, he added.
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