The Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2023 election in Bayelsa State, Mr. Udengs Eradiri, on Tuesday formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Eradiri, who registered for the APC in Ward 10 Constituency 2, Yenagoa local government area of the state, said President Bola Tinubu was behind all the projects in his Agudama/Ekpetiama community of Yenagoa.
He said his community and others in the Niger Delta have benefited from the operation light-up project and other interventionist programmes of the region.
Eradiri commended all APC supporters in Bayelsa for warmly receiving him in the party and promised to work with stakeholders to reposition the party in the state and the country as a whole.
He said: “In my community, we have a water project done by the APC government: shore protection being done by the APC government, solar light, and a one-kilometre road.
“The APC government has also promised to carry out other projects like the corpers’ lodge and renovation of our secondary school.
“The best thing to do to thank such leadership is to join them and work for the success of the party. For me, President Tinubu is one man I have admired since I was young and this will provide me the opportunity to learn from him and work with him to ensure that he succeeds.
“In 2006 when we attended the PRONACO meetings in Lagos, he was one man who believed in a restructured Nigeria. I supported the PRONACO Movement and partook in it.
“I think that this is the best time to work with him. The Tinubu government gave us the Head of Service, the Minister of Petroleum, and the NDDC. His government has ensured the light up of the Niger Delta which has reduced crime to its barest minimum.”