Lawmakers in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, reconvened for a plenary, Tuesday, after their vacation, with a motion to pass a vote of confidence in Governor Seriake Dickson topping their deliberations.
The lawmakers, who were worried by reported underground moves to impeach the governor, unanimously and expressly reinstated their support for the governor.
Following the motion moved by Mr.Tonye Isenah, member representing Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituency I, the lawmakers took turns to highlight the giant strides of Dickson in education, health, security and infrastructure.
Some of the lawmakers said Dickson was the best governor to have ruled the state adding that they would have supported him for a third term if the constitution had approved it.
Isenah said the governor had transformed the educational sector of the state insisting that Dickson deserved a reward for good behaviour.
After the passage of the confidence vote, Benson went down memory lane to recall the rot in the state before Dickson took over and how his administration had rewritten the story of Bayelsa.
“If the state had been promoted the way Dickson has done, Bayelsa wouldn’t have been known for militancy and other criminalities. In this stage before, people were killing others. We couldn’t go to our places.
“A man that has the political will to stop all of that, how can people be calling for his impeachment? I don’t know why all of this should come.
“But I believe in what you lawmakers have said. This government has provided governance and leadership with a clear departure from those days of corruption. Ijaw means truth, so why can’t we say the truth”, he said.
He said: “No one can destabilise the state. Bayelsa as a state was 100 percent PDP all these while. Before now, all members here were PDP, even those in opposition now. Our members were the one that made APC strong.
“Our party should be wise. I am not speaking for the Governor. But I know that anyone not happy with PDP is free to go elsewhere now that we have over forty political parties. Nothing special anywhere”.
He added: “The governor deserves commendation for all he has done since 2012, transforming the state. Education, Infrastructure. The state is now relatively peaceful. The governor has performed beyond imagination.
“There is no plot for impeachment. You people have given me the trust to lead and that is what I am doing. Please, don’t divide the house. On my own, I will not deny member his or her benefits.
“It is not my plan to look for avenue to run anyone down. My style is for us to live together. Thank you for your support. I pledge my continual loyalty to members to carry out the tasks before us”.
