While expressing his innocence, Etonye stressed in the petition dated 30th August, 2016, that he neither discussed with Okah as claimed nor absconded with any money belonging to Bayelsa State Government
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According to him, the decision to pay the two-months salary was part of government’s continued efforts at ending the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Niger Delta University, branch
According to him, the state government has paid a total of N62 billion on bonds obtained by the immediate past administration of Timbre Sylva, while over N61 billion has so far been deducted at source by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee for loans and over-payments to the previous administration
The Governor, who noted that he has always put his trust in God, reminded the people that power neither comes from the North, South, East or West, but only from God, also dedicated his victory to the people of the state, stressing that Bayelsans did not let him down
The ex-militant in a statement issued in Yenagoa accused the Federal Government and its agencies of collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission to rig the election
He said in spite of the challenge of the repayment of the loan, bond and other financial commitments by the Sylva administration, eating deep into the state’s finances, the present administration has been able to put in place enduring legacies in terms of infrastructure
The incident would have degenerated into a bloody brawl but for the prompt intervention of security aides attached to the governor’s convoy
Sadly, no one has yet begun this appraisal of the reasons for the failure so that appropriate lessons will be learnt should another opportunity arise in the future. Where any analysis has been made, it did not go beyond lamentation and hand-wringing as to how the North had “betrayed” its former(?) natural allies in the South South and how former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is being persecuted, how former Bayelsa State Governor, DSP Alamieyeseigha, was allegedly hounded to his death and how President Jonathan’s legacy is being deliberately rubbished
A statement issued on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said Dickson has no hand in Sylva’s rejection by the people as expressed through several media onslaughts against his candidacy, sponsored by aggrieved members of his party, the APC
The Peoples Democratic Party-led Bayelsa State Government on Thursday assured the All Progressives Congress in the state of adequate security…
Iworiso-Markson pointed out that the attribution of the reshufflement to the rift between the governor and the President was a deliberate propagation of falsehood and the handiwork of mischief makers
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 governor said the development was due to the ongoing re-organisation of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies for optimal implementation of the state’s Restoration Agenda
The victim, Mr Tonye Okio, spent Christmas in detention with hardened criminals, denied access to his family
His arrest and detention is sequel to a criminal complaint lodged at the office of the state Commissioner of Police by Dickson that Okio had defamed him by putting out a publication on Facebook that a governor in the South South region was arrested abroad for money laundering
The MBGN event, which was held at the Banquet Hall of the Bayelsa State Government House in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, on Saturday was keenly contested by 32 contestants drawn from all parts of the country
The police spokesperson said the unit would however begin investigation as soon as it receives a report, to ensure the Special Adviser was freed
The statement said: “His Excellency, Governor Seriake Dickson expresses confidence in the ability of Chief Ikiogha to transform the liaison office to match its new status
According to him, efforts are underway to resolve the present crisis and that a new forum will collaborate with the Federal Government in moving the country forward
It held that in most localities the exercise did not commence until the third day due to nonpayment of enumerators’ allowances, stressing that it was impossible for the state to be covered in four days