Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)/Rainbow Coalition has set November 9 for full campaign activities and unveiling of fleet of buses by the National Rainbow Coalition Campaign Buses donated by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mr. Nyesom Wike.
The leadership of Bayelsa PDP/Rainbow Coalition issued the presidential campaign schedule in a statement with the campaign to be preceded by three days of pre-campaign fasting and prayers/solemn assembly between November 5 and 7. It will be followed by a dedication of the campaign and thanksgiving on November 8.
The timetable schedule signed by the State Organising Secretary of the PDP/Rainbow Coalition Mr. T. Godspower indicated that on November 9 full campaign activities would begin with the inauguration of Bayelsa State Rainbow Coalition Council/ official inauguration of the National Rainbow Coalition Campaign Secretariat for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Bayelsa State and official unveiling of National Rainbow Coalition campaign buses donated by Wike.
Godspower said between November 10 and 15 the mobilisation/distribution of campaign materials including T-shirts face caps and banners to local governments would begin.
According to the timetable between November 17 and 21 the Rainbow Coalition would kick- start campaigns with the senatorial districts’ flag-off and presentation of Rainbow Coalition flags to candidates in Bayelsa Central Bayelsa West and Bayelsa East while the grand finale formal adoption and endorsement of President Tinubu as the presidential candidate of Bayelsa PDP and other parties in the Rainbow Coalition will hold on December 12.
Bayelsa PDP Chairman Chief Alabh George Turnah expressed confidence that the PDP/Rainbow Coalition in Bayelsa State under his guidance and leadership would leverage the grassroots support PDP enjoyed in Bayelsa to mobilise the electorate for victory for President Tinubu and its candidates in the Rainbow Coalition.
Turnah described Tinubu’s decision to integrate the National Rainbow Coalition into his campaign with the appointment of its national leader and grand patron Chief Wike as coordinator of the presidential campaign in Rivers State and the FCT as an unprecedented political masterstroke that would give bulk votes to the President in several states including Bayelsa.