Some aides of former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva on Sunday slammed the first civilian governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, over his endorsement of Governor Seriake Dickson.
They also carpeted Alamieyeseigha over his poor rating of Sylva’s administration, declaring that such a poor rating was allegedly biased.
Alamieyeseigha, had during an interractive session with journalists, maintained that Dickson deserved a second tenure, describing the governor’s performance in the last three and a half years as very impressive, visible and commendable.
Alamieyeseigha had rated Dickson’s administration higher above his predecessor, Sylva, in terms of infrastructural development and socio-economic policies in the last four years.
Alamieyeseigha had said he was not out to castigate the administration of Sylva in the state but that the administration of Dickson had done more with noticeable infrastructural development in most parts of the state despite the challenges of dwindling revenue and finances.
But Sylva’s aides, while reacting to the comments, said the position of Alamieyeseigha was a show of shame and bias.
Protocol Officer to Sylva, Melford Esinte, in an electronic mail, said the claims by Alamieyeseigha was wrong and misplaced.
Esinte said, “Sylva never abandoned any project. The Judiciary Complex started by Goodluck Jonathan and the Banquet Hall of the Government House as well as the New Governor’s Lodge in Creek Haven were completed by Sylva. Sylva bought brand new gas turbine which the present government has failed to maintain.
“The so-called Tower Hotels designed by Alamieyeseigha and Jonathan could not be completed for years, was inherited by Sylva administration at the fourth floor. Sylva raised it to the 14th floor level that it is today.”
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