Hokonya also urged the government of the two states to upgrade the WASH units in their local government areas into departments for effectiveness and efficiency.
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The government, however, appealed to the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees to suspend the ongoing strike by its members.
The approval given by the State Executive Council in Yenagoa on Friday provided N1 billion each for the two agencies to improve community development and basic education
The approval given by the State Executive Council in Yenagoa on Friday provided N1 billion each for the two agencies to improve community development and basic education.
NULGE had in a statement issued on Monday listed Bayelsa and Kogi as states with the highest level of indebtedness to council workers
Asuquo Antai, the Operations Controller of DPR in Bayelsa State, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa that members of the public
In a report on Saturday in Yenagoa, the state Chairman of the CLO, Chief Nengi James, called on the Bayelsa State Government to urgently wade into the dispute in the interest of industrial harmony
The money, which is the first tranche of the refunds, was withheld pending staff verification to rid the councils of ghost workers
Acting President Yemi Osinbbajo had during his ongoing tour of oil communities announced plans to establish modular refineries within oil bearing communities in the region
Justice Nayai Aganaba, who presided over the case, which was first brought before the court two years ago, upheld the prayer of the prosecution and ordered that the duo should die by hanging
The government noted that such act was capable of tarnishing the reputation of the government and sending wrong signal to international investors
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Tuesday at a closed-door session approved a N3 billion loan request from the executive arm to purchase cars for legislators and security agencies
The government in an originating summons, filed by the Bayelsa State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Kemeasuode Wodu, and obtained by journalists on Friday in Yenagoa, demanded N1.6 trillion compensation for general and exemplary damages from the spill, which occurred on November 27, 2013
Also, as part of efforts to enhance the productivity and welfare of the workers, the government says it has approved the reinstatement of monthly imprest, otherwise known as overhead cost, to enable all MDAs and parastatals cater for some of their basic needs
The workers of Radio Bayelsa on Monday shunned the certificate verification exercise ordered by the General Manager, Dr. John Idumange
The residents of Otuoke made the appeal for the repair of the road in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Otuoke on Sunday
The militant group earlier on Saturday claimed responsibility for the vandalisation of the pipelines that convey crude to the Bonny and Brass export terminals
The State Deputy Governor, retired Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah, who made the appeal at the Government House, Yenagoa, said the extension would enable state governments to stabilize and tackle the issue of payment of workers salaries
Disclosing this at a press briefing in Lagos, the state Commissioner of Trade, Industry and Investment, Barrister Kemela Okara, said the Forum was in line with the present administration’s economic blueprint of a private sector driven economy
The trio were seized in Letugbene waterfront in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State