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Oct132022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BAYELSA FLOOD: GOV DIRI DOLES OUT N450m FOR RELIEF ITEMS .

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has approved an initial sum of N450 million for the relocation of persons displaced by the flooding across the state to higher grounds and for the provision of relief materials. The exercise, which commences immediately, will be carried out on local government basis. The Commissioner for Environment and chairman of the Task Force on Flooding, Mr. Eselema Gbaranbiri, who disclosed this at the end of the 90th State Executive Council Meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, said affected persons in Yenagoa Local Government Area will be relocated to the Oxbow Lake area and the state heliport. Mr. Gbaranbiri also stated that swamp boogies have moved to strategic areas in the state capital to open up blocked canals in areas that are...

Oct132022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Trade Facilitation:ICC Nigeria seeks collaboration with Shippers’ Council

Business, Maritime, News Feature

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Nigeria has called for collaboration with Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)to aid trade facilitation in Africa. The Chairman, ICC Global Customs & Trade Commission, Mr. Segun Olugboyegun made the call when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the NSC’s Headquarters in Lagos on Wednesday. Olugboyegun said ICC wants strong partnership with Shippers’ Council seeing as it has been promoting trade facilitation in the maritime sector. The Executive secretary, ICC Nigeria, Mrs. Olubunmi Osuntuyi who made a presentation on ‘‘ICC Global Customs & Trade Facilitation Commission’’, said the ICC is championing the adoption of digitalized Customs’ processes while emphasizing on the need for industry engagement on emerging policy issues wi...

Oct122022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Flood: Douye Diri Seeks FG’s Permanent Solution

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said his government feels the pain and suffering of communities and individuals affected by the rampaging flood in the state. The Bayelsa governor also assured that the government will give top priority to alleviating the suffering of victims. He spoke on Wednesday during the 90th State Executive Council Meeting held inside the Executive Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa. Governor Diri said it was his concern for the victims that necessitated the setting up of the task force on flooding, which has already visited more than 100 impacted communities. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that the government was aware that some lives have been lost as well as homes and communities rava...

Oct102022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PDP ‘Crisis’ Over Soon – Gov Diri

News Feature, Politics

Bayelsa state Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has expressed the conviction that the feud within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would soon become a thing of the past. Senator Diri stated this on Sunday during the PDP South-South Zonal Stakeholders meeting at the Ibom Hall in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State ahead of the party’s presidential campaign flag-off on Monday. The Bayelsa governor, who described the PDP as a big family that has held sway in the South-South geo-political zone, noted that in such large families there were bound to be disagreements. His words: "South-South is the only zone that has a preponderance of PDP governors. Therefore, it should be the zone to kick-off the PDP presidential campaign. “We have also been lucky to produce the vice presidential candidate. "PDP ...

Oct92022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Task Force on Flooding Visits Affected Communities *Promises Succour For Victims

News Feature

The Bayelsa State Task Force on Flood Mitigation and Management, at the weekend, visited some affected communities for an on-the-spot assessment of the impact. Communities visited in Yenagoa and Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Areas included Tombia-Ekpetiama, Odi, Sampou, Kaiama, Gbaranma Sabagreia, Okoloba, Biseni and neighbouring communities as well as some areas within the Yenagoa metropolis. Speaking after the exercise, the Commissioner for Environment and chairman of the task force, Iselema Gbaranbiri, lamented the impact of the flooding in Biseni community, which he said was almost totally submerged. Gbaranbiri sympathised with people of the area on behalf of the Governor, who he said was passionate about their wellbeing hence the setting up of the task force on flood miti...

Oct92022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Atala Oilfield: Gov. Diri Commends Senate

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described as commendable the resolution of the Nigerian Senate on the Atala Marginal Oilfield owned by the state government. The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Thursday, after investigating the controversial revocation and sale of the Oil Mining Licence 46 (OML 46) to a private firm, resolved that the oilfield be returned to its original owners. The committee stated that the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Resources Commission (NUPRC), formerly Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), failed to show proof that the President directed the sale of the oilfield to a private firm. It also chided the NUPRC for disobeying a presidential directive that the original owners of the oilfield be given the right of first...

Oct52022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PRESIDENT BUHARI HOSTS GOV DOUYE DIRI AT STATE HOUSE

Education, News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Governor Diri, who was accompanied to the meeting by his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, former Military Governor of Rivers State and Amanyanabo of Twon Brass, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, and the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama, King Bubaraye Dakolo, sought the President’s intervention and the support of the Federal Government in addressing some critical infrastructural and developmental issues in the state. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that in pursuance of the President’s policy to establish six new federal universities of medical sciences and bio-medical technology in the country, the state was w...

Oct12022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BAYELSA AT 26 :Gov Diri gives self pass Mark . *Urges Unity On Nigeria, Bayelsa Anniversary

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has scored his administration high in performance in just two years and eight months. Governor Diri said within the period, his administration has made modest and visible progress that has impacted the state positively. The Bayelsa governor spoke on Saturday during a state broadcast aired on Yenagoa-based radio and television stations to mark Nigeria’s 62nd independence and the 26th anniversary of the creation of Bayelsa State. He again spoke during an anniversary parade at the Peace Park in Yenagoa. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that within the period, his Prosperity Administration had embarked on big-ticket as well as smaller projects across the eight local government are...

Sep282022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri Rewards Commonwealth Games Medalists, Bayelsa Queens, Coaches

News Feature, Sports

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has announced a reward package for sportsmen and women from the state that participated in different competitions recently. Olympic silver medalist, who won gold in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games, Blessing Oborududu, and sprinter Timma Godbless, who got gold in 4x100 relay for Nigeria in the African Senior Athletics Championship in Mauritius were among recipients of the governor’s gesture. Among others were teenage table tennis sensation, Samuel Boboye, who won two gold medals for Nigeria in the Africa U-19 championship in Tunisia as well as Bayelsa Queens, champions of the African Female Champions League WAFU Zone B tournament in Yamoussoukro, .Côte d’Ivoire. Coaches of the teams were also rewarded. Governor Diri, while receivi...

Sep272022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri Queries Bayelsa Population Figures *Says Nigeria Lacks Adequate Census Data

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has faulted the population figures attributed to the state by the National Population Commission (NPC), saying they were grossly under-estimated. The Bayelsa governor also said the current population data for the country were inaccurate and called on the NPC to correct past census figures in the 2023 national census exercise. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday during the Stakeholders Summit on the 2023 Population and Housing Census held at the Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Government House, Yenagoa. Buttressing his claim, the governor stressed that the state had grown beyond the current structure of eight local government areas, noting that, for instance, the projected population of Yenagoa, the state capital, points to the ...