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May262026 by adminNo Comments

INC Leadership Crises: Gov Diri Sets up peace and reconciliation committee

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Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has set up a peace and reconciliation committee with an appeal to well-meaning stakeholders in the Ijaw ethnic nationality to collectively ensure that the Ijaw National Congress (INC) was not factionalised. He said history would not forgive them if they allowed personal interests to overshadow the cause of the Ijaw people. Governor Diri stated this on Tuesday in Government House, Yenagoa, while inaugurating an eight-member INC Reconciliation Committee to resolve the protracted discord within the body. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, informed that the panel has two members from each of the zones of the INC while two others are to man the secretariat. The Bayelsa helmsman, who is commonly called the Gov...

May242026 by adminNo Comments

IJAW ARE NOT COWARDS: By Victor Burubo

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Because a decent, God-fearing Ijaw man in the person of Governor Siminialaiyi Fubara decided to leave the 2027 governorship race rather than shed blood in Rivers State, there has been a rash of Ijaw-baiting and shaming. I have read heaps of articles by people who are asking why Ijaw people are "keeping quiet" while former Governor Wike puts Rivers State in his pocket.They attribute sheer cowardice to Ijaw People in Rivers State in what they term "Ethnic" domination in the politics of Rivers State.Surprisingly some of those who bandy such theories are Ijaw people who don't seem to know any better.I think now is the time to set the record straight. Wike's current power is actually Federal Might left in his hands by President Tinubu who sees him as a weapon of mass destruction in the 2027 r...

Nov62024 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri raises the alarm on the extreme pollution of Niger Delta, presents Environmental Report To President Tinubu *Says Non Completion of East West Road unacceptable

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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State Tuesday, bemoaned the level of environmental pollution of the state occasioned by the activities of oil companies during a visit to President Bola Tinubu in the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Senator Diri, who led a delegation of Bayelsa political and traditional leaders as well as president of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, and president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Comrade Jonathan Lokpobiri, during the visit, formally presented the report of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environment Commission (BSOEC) titled: “An Environmental Genocide: Counting the Human and Environmental Cost of Oil in Bayelsa, Nigeria,” to President Tinubu. The international commission chaired by a former Archbishop of York, Rt. Rev (Dr.) John Sentamu,...

Dec282023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

My Predecessor Not A Godfather, Says Diri

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended the exemplary character of his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, saying the former governor does not act like a political godfather. Governor Diri also said their relationship remains cordial and unbroken. The Bayelsa governor, who stated this at Toru-Orua, Senator Dickson’s hometown in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, during his usual Christmas visit on Wednesday, said since leaving office in 2020, the former governor has supported him and had not been overbearing. His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that the unity between himself and the immediate past governor, who now represents Bayelsa West in the Senate, has contributed greatly to the peace and development of the...

Sep252022 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Pipeline Surveillance: Gov Diri, INC Resolve Tompolo, Asari, Ateke Rift

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has alongside leaders of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) and other stakeholders calmed frayed nerves arising from the pipeline surveillance contract awarded by the Federal Government to High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo. Governor Diri also said leaders of the Ijaw nation and other ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta have resolved to work together to protect federal government facilities in the region. The governor stated this at the weekend at the end of a meeting of critical stakeholders of the Ijaw nation led by the INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, in Government House, Yenagoa. Senator Diri noted that the meeting examined the various issues that threatened the unity of the Ijaw nation following the award of the pipe...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Tasks Ijaw Leaders On Justice, Equity *Advocates Devolution Of Power

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed. Senator Diri stated this on Saturday at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, "The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question" in Yenagoa, the state capital. The summit was organised by the Ijaw National Congress (INC). While commending the INC leadership for convening the summit, the governor maintained that the Ijaw people would continue to oppose the the three per cent allotted to the host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act until justice was done. In a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the governor said: "The Niger Delta people vie...

May212021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov. Diri Tasks INC On Ijaw Nation’s Challenges

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the new leadership of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) to build linkages at home and abroad in order to successfully address the Ijaw nation's challenges. Governor Diri, who expressed confidence in the capacity of the new leadership to effectively champion the cause of the Ijaw people, applauded their change of strategy in seeking a better deal in the Nigerian state. He spoke on Friday during a courtesy visit by the executive council members of the INC to Government House, Yenagoa. The governor in a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, challenged the ethnic nationality apex socio-cultural body to foster unity among all Ijaws and speak with one voice, particularly at a time that other ethnic nati...

May142021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Electronic Voting Will Ensure Rancour-free Elections In Nigeria, Says Gov Diri *INC Warns Secessionists

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Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the hitch-free conduct of the recent Ijaw National Congress (INC) election indicated that Nigeria can hold rancour-free national elections. Governor Diri stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the new INC leadership at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa. He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic voting to avoid conflicts during elections. A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, noted that the failure of the country's electoral body to adopt e-voting has led to politicisation of revered state institutions and disrespect to such institutions. The governor also said that the adoption of e-voting would provide an opportunity for Nigerians in the Diaspora to choo...