AMB. Igali Insists That 2019 Governorship Election is About the Future of Bayelsa and the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality

**Assures a Babygirl Named “TESTIMONY” and her Generation a Secured Future and the Best Standard of Living in Nigeria.

– Promises Bayelsans OF Spending Their Latter Years in Dignity, Good Health and Peace

TRACKING >>Meeting with delegates in various locations in Yenagoa ahead of the forthcoming PDP governorship primaries in Bayelsa state. The aspirant who has emerged as the most acceptable, Dr. Boladei Igali, has emphasized that the forthcoming November 16 election is about the future of the Ijaw ethnic group. As usually dressed in traditionally Ijaw dress of a woko and wrapper, the aspirant that majority of Bayelsans and delegates now put their hope on took time in his interaction to assure the delegates that with a mature, experience and visionary leadership, the children of the Ijaw Nation and Bayelsa state in particular will have a future that will guarantee the best standard of living in Nigeria.

In his own words, Amb Igali stated “with all the work that previous governors that is Alamieyeseigha, Jonathan, Sylva and Dickson have done; we are at a point of moving forward or going back in our journey of building a virile Ijaw nation. It is critical that we lay down sentiments and put in a governor on whom we can entrust the future”.

Amb. Igali continued and stressed continually. That the greatest gifts which we can pass on to our children are the fear of God and the assurance of a secured future. That future must ensure that this our children like the ten months old baby Testimony whom I am carrying in my hands right now will grow to know that our generation took the right decision and toiled to make them have the best standard of living around our country and around Africa. After all the generation before us, most of whom have passed on worked to create a Rivers state and later Bayelsa for us; for this we honour and cherish their memory. For this we also remember their names with deepest respect and appreciation. We therefore have no choice but to leave behind something which our children will remember us for, that is building an egalitarian society where the people live in safety, in social and economic comfort, in dignity, in good health, clean environment and total fulfilment in life.

While offering baby Testimony from Ekeremor whom he described as a super delegate lifelong scholarship up to Phd level, Amb. Igali maintained that if elected governor of Bayelsa state, indeed Ijaw nation will overtake all of Nigeria on the attainment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) which he stated will be the benchmark for assessing the programme, projects and activities of government.

He therefore promised among other things free and compulsory primary and secondary education, easy access to education loan and bursary at tertiary level, full scholarship for teachers and female engineering, medicine and science based students. He also plans to provide full and comprehensive health insurance coverage for all residents in Bayelsa and particularly free health services for infants, children and the aged. Massive housing on mortgage financing programme, wide spread entrepreneurship and job creation programmes based on agriculture, deepsea fishing, maritime and marine industry, oil and gas and the service sector.

In similar vain, he also profer solutions to tackling security and various environmental problems. Also, he elaborated on his plan for the revival of the Ijaw culture and the development of a central Ijaw language.