Bayelsa Second Poorest State, with 88% ~ Peter Obi

By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, has described Bayelsa state as the second poorest state in Nigeria, with 88 percent, after Sokoto State with 95 percent index. Peter Obi said Bayelsa is not supposed to be among the poorest state with all the billions coming into the state every month, linking this to bad leadership. Obi handed down this during a town hall meeting in Yenagoa to unveil the Labour Party governorship candidate for the November 11 polls, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, and his running mate, retired Commodore Benjamin Nathus, and handing over of flag to them. He said, "we want to start bringing down poverty in Bayelsa by moving the state from consumptions to production. Carry our message to everywhere in the state that we have a credible, reliable, trustworthy and verifiable candidate in the person of Engr. Udengs Eradiri. "We can have a new Bayelsa by using public funds for development. The money they are giving to you is your money. The system has been criminalized and we are being govern by criminals," he said. Obi further said, it's time high time people voted for leaders that are wealth creators and not wealth sharerers. Earlier, the national chairman of Labour Party, Dr. Julius Abure, said he drove round Bayelsa and wept due to the level of poverty and deprivation all over the state despite the billions that are coming in every month. "A state with billions of naira allocation every month has no roads, no healthcare facilities, no schools, water and other essential things that suppose to make life meaningful to ordinary Bayelsans.” Read more: https://phmundial.com/bayelsa-second-poorest-state-with-88-peter-obi/