Quoting from the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, the governor said the head office of the council and board was required to be located in any oil and gas producing state
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The post in question involved an alleged conversation between Okah, a former aide to Sylva, and Etonye regarding a purported missing $4.6 million said to belong to Dickson
Ayah, who spoke shortly after meeting with the representatives of Shell Petroleum Development Company and Hi-long Limited at the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Yenegoa, regretted that oil firms were evading tax
Dickson gave the commendation while answering questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday
The statement also said the administration, in the last four years, had paid over N100 billion on bonds and overpayment incurred by his predecessors
While advising against litigation over internal party misunderstanding and their recourse to divisive and inflammatory comments in the media, the governor appealed for support for the new PDP chairman and the need for members of the forum to align themselves with the position already taken by the National Executive Committee of the party in respect of the leadership issues affecting it
According to them, Dickson has proved himself as a worthy leader, whose achievements will stand the test of time, particularly in the areas of security, infrastructure development and human capacity building
A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said while it wants to believe that there is no motive behind the growing spate of kidnappings and other acts of criminality, the government was also stepping up efforts at ensuring the safety of lives and property of Bayelsans and other residents
Dickson said having won six out of seven local government areas declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, with a wide margin, he should be declared the winner of the election and not the APC candidate
Besides, the PDP boasts of other staunch foundational members of the party including the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Konbowei Benson; the Chief of Staff, Government House, Rt. Hon. Talford Ongolo; and Chief Patrick Osunu, in addition to the fact that the area witnessed the least defection in the build up to the December 5 governorship election
The Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, said in a statement that having been properly invited by the organisers of the event, Sylva had no excuse to be absent.
Sylva was said to have held a meeting with the pensioners in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, where he claimed he only owed the pensioners N3 billion while in office unlike the N20 billion he said was being owed by the current administration
During the week, suspected members of the APC attacked the convoy of the Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, while on his community to community campaign tour in Swali, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state
The Campaign Organisation said investigations revealed that the APC’s plan is to disguise as refueling the generators with Automated Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, purportedly to on the street lights, but in the process add sodium chloride, commonly called salt, to knock the generators
Speaking during his charge to the new Special Advisers at Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, the governor said the way out of the present economic doldrums is diversification from oil and gas sector of the economy
The new Special Advisers are Deacon James Dugo, Chief Bernard Agai, Chief Patrick Osunu, Hon. Agatha Goma, Hon. Ayobegha James, Alex Dumbo, Chief Kienyosuote Degi and Henry Orumieyefa
“Now, all national assembly members are on board; all 21 State Assembly members are on board. I didn’t have local government chairmen when i was running last time, now they are all on board. I didn’t have councilors supporting, now they are all on board, commissioners and elders of the state are all on board
The Peoples Democratic Party, has denied media reports that the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, and Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson on Thursday urged the Federal Government, and investors to partner with his administration…