The resolution was contained in a six-point communiqué issued at the end of the State Executive Council meeting of the two unions held on Thursday in Yenagoa.
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A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the governor made the confirmation in Yenagoa when he played host to labour leaders in the state.
According to Dickson, since the apex court has spoken as the final arbiter, PDP loyalists should cooperate with Makarfi to deliver reconciliation and an acceptable National Unity Convention within the shortest possible time frame.
The Governor, who presented the Letter of the Honorary Ambassadorial Award to the literary icon on Friday in the Government House, Yenagoa, said the honour was bestowed on Soyinka because of his achievements and democratization of knowledge across the world.
Gowon, who made the commendation at the official commissioning of the new Governor’s Office complex in Government House, Yenagoa, described the edifice as exceptionally beautiful.
The governor in a congratulatory message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, urged Obaseki to be magnanimous in victory by extending a hand of fellowship to his main challenger, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the interest of Edo State.
The revelation came barely 24 hours to the august visit of a former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for the commissioning of two of flagship projects in the state.
Rear Admiral Sulieman Apochi, the Commander of the Joint Military Force, code-named Operation Delta Safe, made the announcement on Monday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Mathew Ngobua, the Head, Public Relations Unit, NYSC office in Yenagoa, made the clarification on Monday in Yenagoa in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd), said on Thursday in Yenagoa that the state received additional N6.61 billion in March 2017
His lawyer, Robert Clarke (SAN), told the court that Nganjiwa was absent because he could not get a flight from Bayelsa State to Lagos
It noted that restricting the movement of the cows to the area provided was not only a strategy against any unforeseen clashes between herdsmen and farmers, but would also help boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the state
He only challenged the status quo for the sake of the people, to create a new direction that has now led us out of Egypt. But his work is not yet done
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ekpetiama Kingdom comprises seven towns situated on the banks of the River Nun and several tributaries connecting the River Niger and the Atlantic Ocean
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa reports that all the roads leading to Onopa, the seat of government, were blocked by armed security men
The amount, according to Jonah, included statutory allocation of N1.3 billion, derivation N3 billion, Value Added Tax N575, exchange differential of N62 million, ESCROW Account N230 million, refund from Rivers State N57 million, while budget support, which is a Federal Government loan to states, stood at N1.4 billion
A statement by Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, said the decision to shelve the industrial action was reached after a marathon meeting held on Monday, which had in attendance government representatives and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria
He said the fund would be used to clear the backlog of salaries owed workers by the eight local government councils in the state.
Jonah said the money was ready before the December 2015 governorship election in the state, but alleged that Federal Government refused to release it
According to Dickson, while he was with God and campaigned with the Peoples Democratic Party for six weeks, Sylva was waiting for the judiciary to make him governor
The kidnappers reportedly whisked away the victim who was in company of two ladies when they attacked and took away her car keys.
Otazi had served as Commissioner for Women Affairs and Acting Chairman of Ogbia LGA