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Nov82022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Presents 2023 Budget Proposal Of N385.2bn

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, presented a N385,211,578,924 Appropriation Bill for the 2023 fiscal year to the House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the proposal tagged: "Budget of Sustainable Growth and Reconstruction," at the assembly, Senator Diri said it was hinged on a six-pronged agenda, which include continuous building of infrastructure and reconstruction of such infrastructure that had been severely degraded by the floods. He also said the civil service would be made more professional as well as transform the agricultural sector to be an essential contributor to the state’s economy and generate employment through various empowerment programmes. Senator Diri stated that while his administration continues to engage the federal government fo...

Nov52022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Flood A Major Crisis, Says UN

News Feature

The United Nations has described the flood disaster in Bayelsa State as a crisis of major proportion that deserves attention. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria and Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Matthias Schmale, stated this on Saturday when he led a delegation comprising officials of the global body, the World Health Organisation and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri in Government House, Yenagoa. A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted Schmale as likening the Bayelsa situation to the Pakistani floods that attracted global attention. The UN Coordinator, who had on Friday accompanied Governor Diri on his tour to some flood-impacted communities in Southern Ija...

Nov42022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BREAKING: JUMBO SALARY COMING FOR NPA STAFFERS.

News Feature, Port News

There are indications that the Federal Government may have approved a new salary structure for staffers of the Nigerian Ports Authority, sources at the Federal Ministry of Transportation has confirmed to Shipping World. Usually dependable sources told this magazine that the former Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi, had upon an application by the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority,Mohammed Bello Koko, approved an upward review of the salaries of workers of the Agency . The last time such an upward review of wages was embarked upon was in 2004.Early this week, the Agency's workers had threatened to shut down the nation's Seaports if the cry for improved wages was not heeded. President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju who...

Oct312022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Flood Relief: FG Unfair To Bayelsa, Gov Diri Insists *Says It’ll Cost Billions Of Naira To Fix Broken Infrastructure

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again tasked the federal government on its support to the state to cushion the effect of the devastating floods. Governor Diri said considering Bayelsa’s contribution to the nation’s economy, the response of the federal government to the flood situation in the state was not commensurate and fair. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as having made the remark on Sunday at the Chief DSP Memorial Banquet Hall in Yenagoa while declaring open a three-day solemn assembly of fasting and prayers ahead of the state's annual Thanksgiving Day on November 2. While bemoaning the level of destruction caused by the natural disaster across communities in the state, he noted that it would cost the government hundreds of ...

Oct262022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

FLOODS: BAYELSA APC TO DOUYE DIRI, YOU HAVE DONE WELL BUT …

Misc

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has commiserated with the people of the state over the loss of lives and extensive destruction wrought by the recent floods in the state. In a statement today in Yenagoa, APC sympathised with victims of the floods, which it said reached almost every part of the state and caused large-scale damage to livelihoods. The party in the statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, said it was confident that the strength and resilience of our people would carry us through this difficult time. The party, however, gave the state government a slap on the wrist for not being pro-active on the issue. The statement read, “The All Progressives Congress (APC) offers its heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the people ...

Oct262022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

WE ARE YET TO RECEIVE FG’S RELIEF, DOUYE DIRI CRIES OUT …Gov Udom Emmanuel Says Situation Extremely Pathetic *Donates N100m To Victims

News Feature

More than 14 days into the worst humanitarian crisis facing the Oil rich Bayelsa State, Gov Douye Diri has cried out that not relief seem seem to be in sight from the Federal Government even as Akwa Ibom Governor, Udom Emmanuel has expressed shock at the level of devastation occassioned by the menacing floods that have swept over more than 300 communities in Bayelsa State. Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, who sympathised with his Bayelsa counterpart, Senator Douye Diri, over the flood situation describee it as very pathetic. Mr. Emmanuel, who led a delegation of members of his cabinet to Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, said it was his cabinet’s decision to visit Bayelsa based on the magnitude of the flood that hit the state. He applauded the relentless efforts of Governor Dir...

Oct252022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BAYELSA FLOODS:Atiku Donates N6m to each Local Council

News Feature, Press Release

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has donated the sum of N50 million to flood victims in Bayelsa State, which translates to about N6.25m per each of the eight Council areas of the state. Speaking at Government House, Yenagoa, during a sympathy visit Gov Douye Diri Tuesday, Atiku said the donation was his token to support the recovery process of those affected by the flood. Describing the disaster as disheartening, he lamented its effect on the lives and economy of people of the state and called on the Federal Government and public-spirited individuals and organizations to support Bayelsa in this difficult moment. The former Vice President advocated the setting up of an independent flood disaster relief fund that will provide succo...

Oct222022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Peter Obi shocked at lack of Federal Presence in Bayelsa *Says State Needs Urgent Help

Politics, Press Release

Former Governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr. Obi said flying into the state in a chopper gave him a better aerial view of the situation and that the state needs urgent help. Obi spoke on Saturday in Yenagoa, the state capital, when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House before they both visited internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion camp in Yenagoa. He lamented the hardship experienced by people of the state as a result of the floods and wondered why the federal government had not sent a high-powered delegation to the state with a view to providing assistance for the people. While calling on the federal government to declare an emergency over the flooding in par...

Oct212022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BAYELSA FLOODS: *Goodluck Jonathan’s home submerged as Douye Diri visits Otuoke

News Feature

In continuation of his assessment of the flood situation in Bayelsa State, Governor Douye Diri was in Otuoke, hometown of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogbia Local Government Area on Thursday. Speaking to journalists, Governor Diri lamented the degree of destruction caused by what he described as an “attack by natural disaster” on the livelihood of Bayelsans. He stressed that Otuoke, which is the host community of a federal university, had been submerged and most of the locals displaced, including the home of Dr. Jonathan. The governor, however, urged the people not to despair even in these trying times, assuring them that the state government had put in place machinery to provide relief materials and medical assistance to victims of the flood. He equally empathized wit...

Oct192022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Flooding: Gov. Diri Meets Fuel Marketers, Traders *Sets Up Committees To Check Soaring Price Of Goods

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has taken steps to arrest the sudden rise in the price of food items and petroleum products in the state. Governor Diri, after separate meetings with the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Petroleum Owners Association Of Nigeria (PETROAN), and market union leaders, yesterday, in Government House, Yenagoa, announced the setting up of two committees comprising of government officials and the marketers and traders respectively. He said the meetings were convened to address the arbitrary increase in the price of petroleum products and goods in the state and cautioned against plunging the state into another crisis while it is grappling with the flooding challenges. He explained that the...