In the heat of the tension making the rounds in the state about a directive issued to the Caretaker Chairmen of the 8 LGAs in the state to drop LGA workers employed from 2004, the immediate past Caretaker Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government and a Governorship aspirant in the state Hon. Joshua Maciver has come out to advice the Caretaker Chairmen to be careful else they’ll create a bad image for themselves in trying to follow orders from the state government. Hon. Joshua Maciver who made the advice known through a press statement issued on Monday 4th November, 2017 said, he also made the same mistake and still regretting that singular action. Hon. Joshua went on to say that though Caretaker Chairmen don’t have such authority of theirs but any decision they are directed to take has adverse effect on them either positively or negatively. He said “I was trying to follow orders and in doing so, it caused serious disaffection among those affected and their families”. He further said “I’ll not want the same stigma to follow these set of Caretaker Chairmen”. In his statement, he reiterated that Bayelsa State for now is not an industrial hub for business therefore 95% of Bayelsans depend on government either directly or indirectly therefore any decision to drop workers always leave grave consequences on the populace. He enjoined all Bayelsans to rally round a candidate that will put the interest of the people first in the forthcoming Governorship Election in 2019. He said if Elected, he’ll put Bayelsans first as according to him, the welfare of the people is more paramount than any form of infrastructural development.