GOV SYLVA URGE PDP MONITORING COMMITTEE TO ENSURE FAIRNESS IN CONGRESSES

Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State has urged the Peoples Democratic Party national monitoring committee to ensure that the conduct of Ward and Local Government congresses in the state were free and fair. Sylva made the remark when a delegation of the monitoring committee for the state's Ward and Local governments led by Mr. Edwin Rimgwat called on him at Government House, Yenagoa. Sylva described members of the state PDP as one big family and assured the monitoring committee of the state's preparedness towards the conduct of the congresses.He said government was confident there was not going to be violence during the congresses in the state as "some of the initial teething issues have all been trashed out and we are ready to go ahead to conduct the congresses with you". The governor said because the crisis in the state chapter of the party had been resolved, the monitoring committee should ensure that the congresses would not be another source of chaos for all stakeholders. "As believers in the reform process, we would like you to conduct a very free and fair congresses in Bayelsa State because that is exactly what our party stands for", Sylva stated. He assured the monitoring committee that the state government would provide all necessary logistics to enable it execute the assignment diligently.Sylva also expressed the state government's support for the political reform process and asked the committee to convey his gratitude to the national body of the party for providing a focused leadership. Earlier in his remark, the leader of the PDP national monitoring committee to the state, Mr. Edwin Rimgwat explained that the delegation was in the state to ensure that the conduct of the Ward and Local Government congresses were properly conducted. According to Rimgwat, the committee was saddled with the responsibility of seeing to fair conduct of election of officers from Ward to the highest level. He said the election for the Wards would be conducted first while that of the Local Government would take place next weekend and expressed appreciation to Governor Sylva for the support given to the party.