By Valentine Amanze
Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has advised members of the party in the state to remain strong and steadfast.
The party leader gave the advice in a statement on Monday by the APC state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo.
Sylva said, “Despite the troubling times in which we are all living in, APC members and supporters in the state must not to lose hope”.
The minister said that the APC’s victory in the November 16, 2019 Governorship Election that was voided by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on February 13, 2020 still hurts deeply.
Besides, he advised party members to be strong and not allow the Supreme Court verdict to way them down.
According to him, the party must survive it, reinvent and reposition itself for the great task of transforming Bayelsa State for the good of all its people and residents.
He said that APC remained the strongest party in the state and in the country, while imploring people of the state to remain committed to party and its next level agenda of social and economic betterment.
Similarly, the party leader voiced his concern for the pains that the people were passing through in the season of Covid-19 pandemic.
“We are all in this together. I share your pains”, Sylva said. He, however, praised all frontline health workers for their huge sacrifices in the service of humanity, and expressed optimism that like all previous pandemics; COVID-19 too would be history soon.
