Sylva debunks plot to deceive Jonathan

By Samuel Oyadongha
Yenagoa—The Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday dismissed as misplaced, claims by some politicians in the state that his administration had plotted to deceive President Goodlcuk Jonathan through the listing of already commissioned projects for commissioning during the proposed Presidential visit to the state.

Governor Sylva said those involved in such claims were mischievous and do not know what is involved in the completion of projects, insisting that his administration is made up of noble men and not men, who are out to deceive the people of the state.

Sylva, speaking through his Chief of Staff, Mr. Samuel Ogbuku, during a visit to the gathering of journalists and other professionals, said the decision by his administration to complete and slate for commissioning projects initiated by past administrations in the state was strategic.

Governor Sylva noted that the projects initially marked for commissioning during the visit of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, were not inaugurated due to the signs of the late President’s ill health.

“They have been included for commissioning by President Jonathan due to the fact that blessings are needed for the projects.

“I have never seen where projects are commissioned in absentia. Somebody has to come and unveil the plaque. Since these ceremonies have not been done, it has not been commissioned.

This should not be taken as if we are parading fake projects because we are not 419 people.
“What we have just done is to properly commission them and allow the President see the projects and that we are loyal by completing what he had started in the state,” the Governor’s aide said.

He explained that upon assumption of duty as the Governor of Bayelsa State, his administration decided on the completion of existing projects as the beginning of a road map for the state.

“If we had said we should start a new project, many people would have hailed us and there would have been many abandoned projects in the state. When projects are abandoned, it is more difficult to do,” he said.