Bayelsa APC Guber Candidate Names Degi-Eremienyo as Running Mate

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 16 November  Bayelsa State governorship election, David Lyon, on Monday named Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, as his running mate.

A statement by the state APC spokesman, Doifie Buokoribo said Degi-Eremienyo is currently representing Bayelsa East in the Senate, and he is the vice chairman of both the Special Duties and the Gas Resources Committees in the Senate.

Degi-Eremienyo studied Agriculture Economics/Extension at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1990. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the same university.

The deputy governorship candidate served as Bayelsa State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs during Governor Goodluck Jonathan reign and was executive director at the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).

Meanwhile, Lyon has said his election during the last governorship primaries in the state was a sign of the confidence reposed in him by the people of the state and the APC.

According to him, “The overwhelming vote of the people is a testament to their immense confidence in my person, my experience, and my abilities. I promise to put all these and more to the service of Bayelsa State if elected governor on November 16.

“I make a solemn pledge this day never to disappoint my party, APC, and the people of the state. I will not abuse this huge confidence reposed in me by the people.”

He also called for unity within the party, noting that it was time to work for victory in the November 16 poll.

“We disagreed to agree. Now is the time to come together and work as well as  strategise to move our party and our state forward.

“Let us rally round our campaign for ‘a better Bayelsa State for all’. Let us put the state first and set aside our personal differences.

“Our state has suffered so much to allow the present regime to continue under any proxy or guise. The time to change this regime of backwardness, pain and poverty is now,” he said.