BY John Odhe
Bayelsa State deputy governor, Dr. Peter Akpe, has averred that attaining the age of 50 years is highly significant in a woman’s life.
The deputy governor was speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as Special Guest of Honour at the 50th birthday celebration of Mrs. Timi Edure, wife of the Special Adviser to the governor on Local Content, Mr. Barnabas Edure.
Akpe described Timi as a woman of honour whose sterling qualities have fostered peace, unity and progress in her home.
He praised the celebrator for her humility, prayerfulness and composure, noting that her husband’s achievements over the years would not have been possible without her enduring support and prayers.
The deputy governor added that Timi looked much younger than her age, which he described as a visible sign of God’s blessings upon the Edure family.
Akpe, who also acknowledged Edure as great grassroots political mobiliser and astute businessman, prayed for continued divine favour upon his wife and her household.
His words: “On behalf of His Excellency, the Governor of Bayelsa State, who holds your husband and your family in very high esteem, I want to say congratulations to you, Madam. I also congratulate your husband because he is the chief celebrant by reason of your birthday.
“Let me use this opportunity to specially appreciate you. Edure is a jolly good fellow. If you don’t know him, you will take him for something else; but if you understand him, he is very easy and interesting to work with.
“I want to congratulate you; you are a woman general. I say so because her husband couldn’t have made significant achievements without her support. You are worthy of being celebrated. It is good and nice meeting and knowing you.”
Earlier in his remarks, Barnabas Edure thanked the deputy governor for honouring the family with his presence despite his busy schedule.
He said the honour would not be taken for granted, pledging to throw his full political weight behind all candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections in Bayelsa State.
According to a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Doubara Atasin, the deputy governor was accompanied by the APC House of Assembly candidates for Sagbama Constituencies I and II, Mr. Lucky Agbalaje and Mr. Sinkumo Ekisah respectively .
Others were APC chairman, Sagbama Local Government Area, Mr. Arioke Ohwona; Director-General of Bayelsa Microfinance and Enterprise Development Agency (BYMEDA), Dr. Embeleakpo Apere; Senior Special Assistant to the governor on General Duties, Madam Vivian Adesi; as well as Mr. Hopkins Dickson and Mr. Ogboru Peter.
