The Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government , Mr. Kemela Okara, has joined the governorship race in the state.
Okara, a lawyer and pastor who had also twice served as Commissioner of Trade and Investment under outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson, is anchoring his campaign on the theme “The bridge to Bayelsa’s prosperous future”. Okara said: “Bayelsa has done well under the current administration, despite challenges. For instance, massive investment in education has produced significant positive outcomes such as 10 boarding schools across the local councils with free feeding and tuition, two universities – the Bayelsa Medical University, Yenagoa and University of Africa in Toru Orua have been established.
“The Dickson administration has also opened up access roads to previously inaccessible places in the senatorial zones and built an airport that can handle international flights with a 3.5km runway.”Read Also;“My life-long philosophy is to use whatever platform that I have to serve the interests of the people.
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