Diri made the call on Tuesday at his country home, Sampou, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Council, when his predecessor and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Chief Seriake Dickson, paid him a visit to congratulate him on his re-election.
The governor said:“For me, that is part of our electoral process that is very faulty. I like to urge our leaders, especially those that are in the National Assembly, to propose a bill that can solve this problem of vote-buying because it is becoming a very big problem here in Bayelsa State.
“So we all need to put our minds together to see how we can address this issue because that is the only way we can prevent politicians who do not mean well for the state from having access to political power.”
In his remarks, Dickson said he led a delegation of the Bayelsa West Senatorial District to congratulate Diri on his well-deserved victory.
He noted that in securing a second term, the governor has four more years of stability to consolidate on his development agenda for the state.
“Just as the people of Sagbama-Ekeremor senatorial district supported you in the 2019 election, they did it again this time and they are still assuring you of their support in this fresh mandate.
“There is high expectation from the people and we know and trust that you will bring it about. You have taken the road to Ekeremor and we also expect that you will start the road to Agge. Power means nothing if it does not bring about development, peace and prosperity,” he said.
Also on Tuesday night, in a live television programme, applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for cancelling and rejecting questionable ballot figures earlier returned for Nembe Council during the Saturday poll.
Diri lauded the electoral umpire for insisting on the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to protect the integrity of the election.
He said: “The electoral umpire did well and l want to believe that this is one of the best elections it has conducted where the BVAS was brought to full test and we saw that wherever it was bypassed, all parties were scored zero.”
