Udengs Eradiri from Agudama Ekpetiama in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for the November 11 governorship election. As a former student union activist and a dye-in-the wool Ijaw activist, Eradiri who had been a two-time Commissioner and recently a Special Assistant to the MD of NDDC on Youths and Sports Matters believes he has what it takes to lead Bayelsa.
I have decided to partake in the forthcoming Bayelsa November 11 governorship election because I have seen the nakedness of neglect of politicians and leaders towards the governed.
And having gone through the process of learning and exposing myself politically and otherwise, I think I am mature enough to take leadership in my state; I am 47 years old.
I was born March 22, 1976. And if you look at it, I am not too young, I am at the prime time when I should be at the saddle of leadership. If you look at the world today, it is people of my age bracket that are presidents and governors and those who make decisions in the world.
Having gone through the needed exposure, I have decided to participate in this process so we can give direction to Bayelsa state.
Bayelsa State as we speak is going through a lot and all our problems are saddled on the shoulders of leadership. We lack competent leadership in Bayelsa, if you compare Bayelsa to every other state in the country, you will discover that we are backward in every index and yet we are supposed to be the richest state. We have had trillions of naira over the years.
You want to compare Bayelsa with states like Ebonyi and Gombe; these states don’t receive one- tenth of what we take home every month. But go to Ebonyi and come back to Bayelsa, you will be shocked.
In fact, you will be wondering whether you are on this planet earth. We are light years behind. All this is as a result of leadership and I think I will no longer be part of those who will complain but would not take actions and it is that action that has brought us to this point.
