Governor Douye Diri – Shipping World News Magazine

Feb112024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

GOV DIRI’S VALENTINE’S DAY INAUGURATION: BAYELSA AGOG

News Feature

Bayelsa State residents are upbeat as events marking the second tenure Inauguration of Governor Douye Diri kicked off on Sunday with a thanksgiving service. Thousands of beautiful dressed Bayelsans thronged the state’s Ecumenical Centre at Igbogene in appreciation to God for the governor’s victory in the November 11, 2023 poll. Senator Diri and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, will be sworn in for another term on February 14, 2024. Speaking during the thanksgiving service, the governor expressed gratitude to God for his victory in the November election, saying without His intervention, it would not have been impossible. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that God delivered Bayelsa from the hands of those who wrongly use po...

Dec282023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Gov Signs N489.4bn 2024 Appropriation, Electricity Bills Into Law *Assembly Increases Budget For Stadium, Renal Centre Projects

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has signed the state’s 2024 appropriation bill of N489,443,632,374 into law. Governor Diri appended his signature on the “Budget of Sustainable and Shared Prosperity” on Thursday in Government House, Yenagoa. This figure represents an increase of N8.450 billion from the earlier N480,993,632,369 the governor presented to the House of Assembly for consideration on November 29, 2023. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted Senator Diri as saying that the budget prioritises key sectors like education, infrastructure, healthcare delivery and agriculture. He expressed optimism that a careful implementation of the budget would improve the living conditions of the people and address rural and urban poverty. He said: “In order...

Nov92023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Jonathan To Kinsmen: Give Your Votes to Douye Diri

News Feature, Politics

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has told his kinsmen in Ogbia Local Government Area to reciprocate the good developmental gestures of Governor Douye Diri in the area by massively voting for him in Saturday’s governorship poll. Speaking at his country home in Otuoke on Wednesday when Governor Diri led a high-powered delegation to visit the former Nigerian leader, Dr. Jonathan said Diri had demonstrated love towards the Ogbia kingdom in different ways and that the people needed to reciprocate this by re-electing him and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. It was the second time in 24 hours that the former president endorsed the governor’s second term bid, coming immediately after prominent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), including governors, former governors, Na...

Nov82023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa Poll: Diri Deserves Eight Years, Says Jonathan

News Feature

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that for the stability of Bayelsa State, Governor Douye Diri should be encouraged to complete a second term in office. Speaking at his Yenagoa residence on Tuesday when members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bayelsa National Governorship Campaign Council alongside governors, former governors of the party and National Assembly members and other stakeholders paid him a visit, the former Nigerian leader said he is in touch with Governor Diri and his activities in the state. The party leaders visited the state for the grand finale of the Governor Douye Diri re-election campaign rally. Dr. Jonathan said Bayelsa has made progress in the area of security and infrastructural development under Diri. He expressed delight over the involve...

Nov62023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

My Party’s Supporters Most Peaceful, Gov Diri Tells IGP

Law, News Feature

The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Mr. Kayode, Egbetokun, on Monday, read the riot act to perpetrators of electoral violence to steer clear of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. The police boss, who gave the warning during a courtesy visit to Government House, Yenagoa, said the force and other security agencies were fully ready and duty bound to ensure free and fair poll in the state and that troublemakers would be made to face the full weight of the law. He explained that his visit was in respect of the election and assured that the police was neutral. While calling on Bayelsans to have confidence in the police, he emphasized that the increased deployment of its personnel in the state was in order to forestall any violence during the poll. The IGP thanked Gov...

Nov12023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri approves consequential adjustments of N30,000 new minimum wage to pensioners … over 6,000 pensioners to benefit

News Feature

Governor Douye Diri has approved the implementation of the N30,000 New Minimum Wage adjustment for pensioners and other retirees in Bayelsa who were not captured when the policy came into effect. Over six thousand retirees are involved in this consequential adjustments to reflect current economic realities. This development is in fulfilment of a promise made by Governor Diri during the 2023 Worker's Day Celebration, following the submission of a report by an implementation committee headed by the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Alabo Gideon Ekeuwei. Speaking shortly after the Governor signed the implementation document, Alabo Ekeuwei said the approval was another indication of Senator Douye Dirii's friendly disposition to labour, particularly to retired senior citizens ...

Apr262023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

APC Youth Leader, Others Defect To PDP As Thousands March For Diri’s Second Term

News Feature, Politics

Thousands of youths, on Wednesday, took to the major roads of Yenagoa in a solidarity walk in support of the re-election bid of Governor Douye Diri. The youths from the eight local government areas of the state walked a distance of more than 10 kilometres from the popular Tombia roundabout to the Peace Park opposite the Government House. A prominent APC youth leader in the state, Gifted Natus, also led scores of defectors to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as part of the re-election walk for the governor. Speaking on their behallf, Natus said they decided to join Governor Diri’s Prosperity Family because in the last three years under his watch, Bayelsa State has been politically stable and peaceful. He noted that the leadership of their former party dampened their hopes and ...

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...

Aug32022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Late Madam Igali, A Quintessential Mother, Says Gov. Diri

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late Madam Patricia Igali, mother of one of Nigeria’s foremost diplomats, Ambassador Boladei Igali, as a woman whose departure would be greatly missed. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday when he led a high-powered delegation on a condolence visit to the Igali family in Yenagoa, the state capital. The governor said although the deceased lived to 84 years, no age was ripe enough to lose a loved one, especially a virtuous woman like Madam Igali. While commiserating with the family, Governor Diri said he equally felt their pain as she inspired her children and relations to become responsible citizens. He narrated his personal encounter with the deceased, describing her as a down-to-earth woman that did not mince words....