My performance will earn me second term, Diri boasts

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, yesterday, said his performance in office will earn him a second term in office.

Speaking during a thanksgiving service to mark his third year anniversary, Diri noted that going by testimonies in the state, he has performed creditably well.

According to the governor, he was destined to be governor from birth.

He advised citizens to unite and support one another and avoid the pull-him-down syndrome, saying power comes from God.

The thanksgiving service was attended by wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience; President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, as guest speaker; former governors and senators from the state, among others.

Diri said: “Power always comes from God, there is no mistake that I am a miracle governor. Before I was born, God ordained it and even as I was born, there were signs all over. It is no mistake that I have to come through Seriake Dickson (predecessor), that is the way God wants it. 

“When God wants to work, he works through instruments that men will never know anything good could come out from.

“Our first-four years is coming to an end and it is usual that every governor, who has spent four years creditably, will seek a second term. I will not forget a governor, who served for four years and the people said they had marked his script and has failed and his father said if somebody failed he would repeat the class; but in our case those marking the scripts, I don’t know, are telling us we have done well. The testimonies are all here and abound and so; in our case, it is not repeating the class, it is moving forward,” he said.