THE RETURN OF CHIEF TIMIPRE SYLVA TO CREEK HAVEN
The return of Chief Timipre Sylva to Creek Haven. By Kelvin Osas
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Life has its ups and down and chief Timipre Sylva has had
his fair share of both in his personal and political life. Though he has a
profound past but we shall concern ourselves with his first Era as
distinguished Governor of Bayelsa State, who initiated the Amnesty programme
that brought about the end of bloody militancy campaign in the Niger Delta region.
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He initiated infrastructural
and intellectual projects to empower qualified indigenous contractors and professionals
from all works of life, paid bursary to students, Built a standard law school,
gave scholarships to son and daughters of Bayelsa state to study abroad,
initiated the CCDA master plan for Yenegoa; a phase by phase developmental plan
aimed at making the Niger Delta capital an envy of the world and the right
destination for all kinds of investors.
His developmental
drive were numerous so it made Bayelsa
State a bee hive of activities, jobs were created, earning power was high
amongst the people but the boom was cut short by vested interests.
Unceremoniously he left the Creek heaven after countless
persecution from the people that felt their interests should come first before
the collective interests of the people. Label with several unprintable names
and eventually charged to court on trumped up corruption charges. Can any
accusation hold water without verifiable evidence admissible in court? Every schooled
mind should know the answer. His persecution was a deliberate witch hunt and
without any evidence to nail him to their
vengeful cross for four years; all corruption cases against him were eventually
dropped when the people forcing the hands of the law against him left power for
the needed change Nigerians has been yearning for.
He was one of the best performing PDP governors at the time
but was brutally betrayed by the party he worked so hard to keep afloat in his
State and at the federal level. The militancy problem at the time was a
national crises and a primary problem of his party. He made sure the crisis was
contained by his grand amnesty initiative which the Late Great President
Yaradua endorsed and implemented. Today, many that were once militants have
become Pilots, lawyers, oil and gas skilled professionals, business men etc.
No one will stay in a burning house and live to tell the
story. That was the case of Chief Timipre Sylva; instead of dying in a house he
helped to build he abandoned it for the sake of his dear life and joined a new
party called APC out of principle. The PDP party he helped to build was hijacked
and was no longer following the true part that will bring about the needed
change in Nigeria, and Chief Timipre Sylva being a person of sound moral and
political principle did not want to be on the wrong side of history.
He joined the APC because the party was organised for the
purpose of saving the Nigerian State and He did not also want his dear state
(Bayelsa) to be left out of the sweeping positive political change destined to
happen. The gambit paid off and APC clinched the seat of power at the federal
level. His decision has always been for the interest of the people and the
motivating factor for his return to run for the office of the governor of
Bayelsa State on the platform of the Party that is destined to better Nigeria
and Bayelsa State.
On his return to Bayelsa State he could barely recognise the
city that was rising from the shadows when he was the Governor. You could see
the expression of great pain in his eyes as he looked at the waste dump the
city has become. The CCDA office he empowered with the plan of properly
developing the great city was a shadow of its self and deserted, the five star
tower hotel he took to the eighteenth floor was still at the same level he left
it four years ago, all the internally roads around the city he constructed have
all gone bad for lack of proper maintenance and clearing of drainages.
The city was in a mess and all the positive activities the
city was known for was gone. Civil servants he met were crying because of
inconsistent remuneration, retired civil servants have been abandoned to their
faith after serving the state with their lives; the state is in chaos and in
his pain he exclaimed “I am determined to right the wrongs done to my people
and State”.
He is a man that is known for winning, and he is determined
to return to creek haven irrespective of the black mail and unfounded and vile
names he is being called by those that has openly failed his people in
everything good that he once provided for his people. He is thankful to God
that the people have come to realise who their true oppressors are and are
determined to vote him into the office of the Governor overwhelmingly on
December 5th 2015.
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