Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on ICT and
Digital Innovation, Tokoni Peter Igoin, has urged former Labour Party (LP)
governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, to join the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
He made the appeal when he visited Eradiri at his
country home in Azikoro Village in Yenagoa on Wednesday, following his recent
resignation from the Labour Party.
Eradiri had earlier announced his withdrawal from the
LP, explaining that he was seeking a political platform capable of enabling him
to serve the people and advance Bayelsa’s development.
Speaking during the visit, Igoin stated that President
Bola Tinubu’s bold reforms were yielding positive results, assuring that it
would gradually ease all the pains in the economy.
He appealed to the former governorship candidate to
work with him to support President Tinubu, who he said meant well for the
country.
“I am not asking you to join the APC, I am rather
begging you to join our party to support our dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
because he has shown the capacity to turn around the country. Our President
values and empowers youths and it will be a plus if you join me in APC to
support him”, he said.
Igoin noted that Eradiri had demonstrated capacity in
various offices he occupied in the past, adding that he made a difference as
the Secretary-General and President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC),
commissioners for Youth and later Environment, and Special Adviser to former
Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
“I saw your withdrawal from the Labour Party. I hope
we work together. I work with people. I am coming to pledge that I need people
like you. I need you today, tomorrow and all the time. I have a platform where
I need people like you. 2027 is coming and questions will be asked. I am
begging you to come and join the APC”,he added.
In his response, Eradiri commended President Tinubu
for appointing someone from Bayelsa State to hold such position in his
government even when the ICT sector is dominated by the people from the Western
part of the country.
He noted that Tinubu’s appointment of Igoin was a
clear demonstration of his renowned leadership style of identifying, and
working with talents without ethnic and religious bias.
He disclosed that he had been an admirer of Tinubu’s
leadership qualities right from the NADECO days, adding that the President had
continued to break the jinx of governance and surmount all the challenges with
his bold reforms.
Eradiri, however, observed that if Tinubu were not
surrounded by some selfish politicians, his reforms would have speedily
trickled down to the grassroots.
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