Mr Udengs Eradiri, the Bayelsa Labour Party (LP) Candidate for the Nov.11 election has faulted Gov. Douye Diri’s last minutes appointments and hiring of political appointees.
Eradiri said this in a statement on Tuesday in Yenagoa.
He said that the last minutes employment and hiring of political appointees was targeted at deceiving the electorate, ahead of the Nov.11 poll.
Eradiri however, lauded the governor for appointing some political players from the LP in his desperate attempt to boost his chances at the poll.
He alleged that the governor was working on plans to use some willing LP executives in the state to create false impression that the party had collapsed into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“What is coming on Nov. 11 is beyond party. It is a mass movement and a revolution against bad, incompetent and clueless government.
“I am happy that LP has become a force to reckon with ahead of this poll and that my participation in the election as the candidate of the party is giving Diri a nightmare.
“My involvement in the election has provided jobs for people, who ordinarily were not considered fit to work in the government of Diri. In the last three years, the governor did not consider rolling out jobs for people and engaging more political appointees.
“But today, a few weeks to the election, Diri is hawking appointment letters as a strategy to boost his chances. Unknown to him, Bayelsa people are wiser now.
They understand his game. Besides, he is not doing them any favour because the money is not owned by the governor. It belongs to the people,” he said.
Eradiri added: “So, if he invites you, go and take , If he gives you a job, accept it and enjoy it while it lasts. But the truth is that this great state deserves a better alternative and should be rescued from the incompetence of this administration.”
He said that such deceptive campaign method was used in the past but that those who thought they had secured jobs as appointees of the government were laid off after the poll.
“Common sense will tell everybody that this is just a campaign strategy, which will fail woefully like a pack of cards. Diri has occupied the office for over three years but did not deem it fit to employ anybody.
“But suddenly he woke up from his slumber a few weeks to another election and started hawking appointments.
“It is only a bait to give the people false hope and subject them to making a decision against their will. The truth is that the process is designed to fail immediately after the election. We are calling on our people to be vigilant and not to be deceived,” he said.