BREAKING: Bayelsa Governorship Candidate Dumps Peter Obi’s Labour Party

• One year after the governorship election in Bayelsa state, a top Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Udengs Eradiri, dumped the party
• Eradiri’s political move was confirmed in a letter revealing his exit from the LP dated Sunday, December 8
• Eradiri, the managing director (MD) of Radnitz Integrated Services Limited, was the underdog in the 2023 Bayelsa state governorship election

TheTalk.NG journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering public affairs, governance, and politics.

Yenagoa, Bayelsa state – Udengs Eradiri, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Bayelsa state election, has announced his resignation from the party.

As reported by The Nation on Thursday, December 12, Eradiri’s running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd), also dumped the LP. The LP is the party of Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi.

TheTalk.NG reports that Eradiri’s defection comes a week after five federal lawmakers dumped the LP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

It was gathered that most of the local government chairmen of the party in Bayelsa joined Eradiri and Nathus to dump the party.

Eradiri, who was recently conferred Fellowship by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) sent his resignation letter to the state chairman of the party in Yenagoa.

In the letter dated December 8 and titled ‘Letter of Withdrawal as Labour Party member’, Eradiri said he took the decision to enable him to pursue his political career on a platform ready and prepared “to provide the kind of leadership that Bayelsa deserves”.

He said:

“But unfortunately, we couldn’t scale through the intrigues and challenges implanted in the party leadership.”

Furthermore, Eradiri, who came third in the governorship poll, said his decision was supported by his loyalists.

Ex-Ijaw youths leader added:

“We are consulting seriously and engaging all stakeholders to know the next political party to join. Our next party of interest will be such that will enable us to provide service to the people and mice Bayelsa forward.”

Bayelsa governor announces N80k pay for LG workers

Earlier, TheTalk.NG reported that the Bayelsa government announced that workers at the local government level will be paid N80,000 minimum wage under the unified local government scheme.

The resolution was reached at a meeting between the state government, labour leader, and council chairmen. It came after the state government approved the N80,000 minimum wage for workers in the state.

Source: TheTalk.NG

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