{"id":3084,"date":"2022-03-12T10:17:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2022-03-12T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:17:24","slug":"governor-diri-visits-bayelsa-queens-directs-relocation-of-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/12\/governor-diri-visits-bayelsa-queens-directs-relocation-of-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Diri Visits Bayelsa Queens, Directs Relocation Of Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, yesterday made a surprise visit to the camp of the state-owned female football team, Bayelsa Queens, to motivate the players.<\/p>\n

Not impressed with the state of facilities, Governor Diri directed the immediate relocation of the players from the camp to a more suitable place pending the provision of a permanent camp.<\/p>\n

A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying the state government will take steps to provide a befitting permanent site for both Bayelsa United and Bayelsa Queens.<\/p>\n

The governor also directed that necessary steps be taken to ensure the immediate release of the bus for the female team.<\/p>\n

He expressed surprise that the bus was yet to be released to the team even after speaking to the supplier.<\/p>\n

The governor assured the players that the bus will get to the team the next day and asked the Finance Commissioner to ensure the directive is complied with.<\/p>\n

He stated that government will continue to support the teams to enable them succeed and charged them to aim for the top prize in the competitions they are participating in.<\/p>\n

The state’s helmsman, however, called on the private sector to invest in football as it is done in other climes, saying such support will go a long way in improving the fortunes of the sport in the country.<\/p>\n

His words: “Returning here after a very long time, I thought you had moved away from this place because I used to visit the Queens here. I like to on behalf of government congratulate you for your sterling performances.<\/p>\n

“In Bayelsa, we are used to being first. So, you should aim for the first position in your league.<\/p>\n

“Having discussed with the Deputy Governor and the Commissioner for Sports, I have directed that you be relocated from here immediately.<\/p>\n

“Bayelsa Queens is a name in Nigerian football that everybody respects and you have to prove yourselves. I am happy I saw other countries’ nationals here and as long as you are here, you are Bayelsans as well.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, the chairman of Bayelsa Queens, Mr. Robin Apreala, thanked the governor for his support to the team, saying the team had one of the best welfare packages in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, yesterday made a surprise visit to the camp of the state-owned female football team, Bayelsa Queens, to motivate the players. Not impressed with the state of facilities, Governor Diri directed the immediate relocation of the players from the camp to a more suitable place pending the provision of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1052,668,553],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bayelsa-queens","tag-bayelsa-state-governor","tag-senator-douye-diri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/3086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shippingworld-ng.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}