Bayelsa State, Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the 13% oil derivation funds accruing to the state were being prudently spent, mostly on infrastructure development. (more…)
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...
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 ...
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...
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the flooding in the state was overwhelming and beyond what the government alone can handle.
The governor has, consequently, appealed for assistance from the federal government, local and international organisations as well as public-spirited individuals.
He made the appeal in a statewide radio and television broadcast on Tuesday.
According to him, the current flood has severely impacted lives and livelihoods, with nearly a million people in over 300 communities displaced and some deaths reported.
He stated that he had toured several of the ravaged communities and seen first hand the extent of the destruction.
He said: “Over the last few days, floods have overwhelmed our communities and severely impacted the lives and livelih...
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has bemoaned the devastation of property and the hardship visited on people of the state by flood.
Governor Diri, on Thursday, undertook an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in some communities and described it as very dire.
The governor, who was accompanied by the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Solomon Agwana, the Commissioner for Environment and chairman of the Task Force on Flood Mitigation and Management, Mr. Eselema Gbaranbiri, his Works and Information counterparts, Moses Teibowei and Ayibaina Duba respectively as well as other top government functionaries, made stops at Tungbo, Sagbama town and Adagbabiri, all in Sagbama Local Government Area.
He also visited Odi and Kaiama communities in Kolok...
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has presented entrepreneurship tools to another set of 850 skills acquisition trainees.
The Bayelsa governor presented the starter packs to the second batch of the Douye Diri Skills Acquisition and Empowerment Programme on Thursday at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall in Yenagoa.
No fewer than 1,664 beneficiaries have so far been trained under the scheme in the last one year.
Addressing the trainees during the graduation ceremony, Senator Diri charged them to utilise the training to empower themselves economically and become employers of labour.
His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, quoted the governor as describing the participants as torch bearers of his Prosperity Administration and directed the Ministry ...
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...
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...
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.
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