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Why I resigned, by Bayelsa commissioner IN spite of the refusal of Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva to accept the resignation letter of the Commissioner for Information, Strategy and Orientation, Asara A. Asara, he has insisted that he has resigned, giving reason for his decision. Asara, in an interview in Yenagoa, said it was not easy for him to come to the decision to resign from his job. He said that after considering other variables, which were not the reasons the state was created and the alleged dictatorial tendencies of the governor, he was compelled to quit his appointment. According to him, he must not think about himself alone when majority of the people of the state were allegedly suffering as a result of the current governance in the state. Asara insisted that he had long tendered his letter of resignation, but that the governor refused to honoured it. He alleged that there was a move of trumped-up charges of embezzlement and fraud against him for daring the system. "I have since dropped my resignation letter and walked away in the interest of the people as things are no longer moving for the progress of the state", he said. The embattled commissioner lamented and expressed regret over what he described as a move to bring back the governor to power, noting that as soon as the governor returned to power after the re-run election, he refused to listen to wise counsel. His words: "How can you bring a man and suddenly he no longer listens to advice. It is now a dictatorial government, I fear that my generation may not see true democracy. "Sylva was supposed to be the servant of the people and not their master. All of you see what is going on in the state, I can no longer defend what is indefensible. I have to take my bow and that is what I have just done". Asara expressed disappointment over attempt by some people to take his former job, saying that they do not have the interest of the people at heart in spite of the situation in the state. "The state was created for all of us and I thought that we can pull our energies together to make it work. People are more interested in their personal benefit than our collective interest, that is what is going on in the state and it is rather unfortunate", he said.
Bayelsa LG Poll: PDP Sylva's Faction BY DENNIS NAKU, Yenagoa Battle for the control of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State assumed a fresh twist Wednesday as certificates of return were presented to another set of local government chairmanship candidates ahead of the April poll in the state. The presentation of certificates to the party candidates by a faction of the party loyal to the state Governor, Timipre Sylva is coming barely a fortnight after a similar issuance of certificates of return were presented to eight others by the embattled chairman of the party, Chief Rufus Abadi, based on the harmonised position of the leaders of the party led by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. Those presented with the certificates of return by the state party secretary, Mr. James Agai, include, Nathaniel Ngo-Sylva (Brass), Waibugo Sylva (Nembe), Chief Timipa Timei Omnimighe (Southern Ijaw), Perez Peretu (Sagbama), Diongoli Ebititimi Sunday (Kolokuma/Opokuma), Michael Ogbolosinga (Yenagoa), Eddy Julius (Ekeremor) and Sammy Boy (Ogbia). Angai told party supporters present at the ceremony held at the party secretariat that the national secretariat of the party was aware of the existence and nullity of the previous presentations of certificates by Abadi's group, saying, "they have supported us to issue the new certificates to the genuine party candidates that won the party primaries held in the state." But the party's deputy chairman, Darius Obiene, was conspicuously absent at the ceremony held under tight security. The party' s scribe said the flags of the party would be presented to candidates at the commencement of the party campaign rally for the council poll in the state. He said the candidates can commence underground campaigns in the state. "Don't believe in distractions but ensure that the party comes out victorious in the election," he said. One of the three candidates whose names appeared in the two controversial party lists for the poll, Mr. .Nathaniel Ngo-Sylva, debunked the claims by Abadi-led faction that he and two others had earlier been handed certificates of return, saying those certificates were fake and I was not given." He said the certificate alleged to have been handed to him was dropped in his house by unknown persons, "But when I got home, I immediately picked it up and return it to the Deputy Chairman of the party. He certified it to be fake and now we have been handed the genuine one by the party's State Working Committee. "We are one and can not be divided," Ngo-Sylva said.
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