28/09/2025
REALITY CHECK ON "SYLVA'S LEGACY" CLAIMS!
Bayelsa State, the Glory of All Lands was established by Gen. Sani Abacha on the 1st October, 1996.
Bayelsa State has been governed by both the military and civilian leaders, but one regime took the state back in retrogression.
Timipre Marlin Sylvaβs administration will not be forgotten in a long time for all the negative reasons.
Bayelsa State going off cycle election is because of his personal greed to rule the state for more than 10 years instead of the constitutional 8 years. He tried to change the law for his selfish interest.
It is regrettable reading a piece attempting to glorify Sylvaβs administration. The entire Bayelsans know the truth and more reason Chief Timipre Sylva, has failed in his attempt back to power. He has remained unelectable because of his failure in office.
As Governor of Bayelsa State from 2006 to 2012, he openly criticized spending a dime on the construction of Nembe-Brass road, a project that will benefit his immediate community was not economically viable in his view.
It took then Governor, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson who took over from Sylva, to back SPDC and NDDC contractor, Setraco for the completion of the Ogbia-Nembe road. A sum of 3 billion Naira gave a push in completing that road.
The level of insecurity during his stay in power can't be over emphasized. He set up a notorious "operation Famutangbe" that was allegedly responsible for killing innocent youths in the state. Thatβs a sad tale Bayelsans do not want to remember for any reason.
Sylva is one of the reasons Bayelsa didnβt make any meaningful progress within his tenure after taking a whopping 50 billion naira bond believed to be for developmental projects. Till date, no one knows where he sited those claimed projects. It took Governor Henry Seriake Dickson a long time to partly clear Sylvaβs mess in governance by repaying part of those loans and trying to site one or too projects for the development of the state.
There is no argument about his failure in governance and any attempt to βSugarcoatβ his tenure will be an effort in futility.
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