APC Governorship candidate sends heartfelt New Year message to Bayelsans

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has released a heartfelt New Year message to the people of the state.

In a statement issued by his media adviser, Mr Doifie Buokoribo, Sylva stated that the New Year was the beginning of a new dawn for the people of Bayelsa State and Nigeria at large.

He also appealed to Bayelsans to shun violence and embrace peaceful coexistence in the New Year.

“As we welcome the New Year this Friday, we should embrace new hopes, new opportunities and new vistas it has for us as Bayelsans and Nigerians to stand out and fulfil our personal and collective destinies.

“Let us sincerely rededicate ourselves to the hopes and expectations of our founding fathers and steadfastly endeavour to uplift the welfare, peace and security of our people. We have a perfect opportunity to reboot and rebuild.

“We have come a long way as a state and as a country; we have crossed the bridges over many rivers and it has pleased mother nature to keep us together, despite our fault lines.

“So, it behoves on us to focus on issues that will sustain and strengthen our togetherness, rather than those that will destroy it.

“I wish our state and country great success and prosperity. May the peace of the Almighty God reign in our land throughout 2016 and beyond.”

Timipre Sylva, who is one of the top contenders of the yet to be concluded Bayelsa state gubernatorial poll also charged his supporters to be peaceful during the forthcoming election. The supplementary election has been schedule for the 9th of January, 2016.