The Special Adviser to the President on ICT and Digital Innovation, Tokoni Peter Igoin, has urged the 2023 Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Igoin who visited Eradiri in Yenagoa, following his recent withdrawal from the Labour Party, highlighted the vision of the President in the ICT sector, adding that Tinubu’s “bold reforms” were yielding positive results and would gradually ease all the pains in the economy.
Eradiri, who was second runners up in the last Bayelsa governorship election, had last week announced his withdrawal from the Labour Party, saying he was shopping for a political platform that could enable him to serve the people and take Bayelsa to the next level.
Igoin, who was accompanied by some of his aides and youths from his Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area, told Eradiri that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had shown capacity to turnaround the fortunes of the country.
He said President Tinubu placed high premium on youth development and was fond of working with smart, intelligent people with capacity like Eradiri.
Responding, Eradiri commended Tinubu for appointing someone from Bayelsa State to hold such a position in his government despite the ICT being dominated by people from the Western parts of the country.