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Bayelsa guber: Dickson sacks Special Adviser over running mate crisis
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has dismissed Mrs. Helen Bob, as a Special Adviser in his administration. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, said that Bob was dismissed for repeated acts of gross misconduct, indiscipline, irresponsibility and acts unbecoming of a person occupying the high position of…
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Bayelsa guber: PDP candidate, Diri rejects ‘Dickson’s stooge’ title
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 16 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has dismissed insinuations that he is a stooge of the outgoing governor, Seriake Dickson as totally false. The governorship hopeful also underscored the need for peace in the rank of the 20 PDP aspirants he defeated to…
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Bayelsa guber: I have no preferred candidate – Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has insisted that he had no preferred candidate for the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. Dickson in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, called on Bayelsans to discountenance aspirants claiming to have his…
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Dickson appoints new acting Chairman for Bayelsa Electoral Commission
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has appointed Remember Ogbe as acting Chairman of the Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC). The governor charged members of the commission to conduct free, fair and peaceful local government poll that would be acceptable to all. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei quoted…
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PDP governors ready to pay N30,000 minimum wage – Dickson
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have expressed their readiness to pay the N30,000 minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, disclosed while speaking with newsmen at the end of the forum’s meeting which ended in the early hours of…
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Bayelsa poll: I’ll hand over to another PDP governor – Dickson boasts
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday boasted that he would hand over to another Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the November governorship election. The governor said with the support of leaders of the state he would lead the PDP to victory at the coming poll. Dickson spoke at PDP stakeholders meeting in Yenagoa, the…
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JUST IN: Dickson rejects life pension bill for Bayelsa lawmakers
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has withdrawn his assent on controversial bill passed by state House of Assembly seeking life pension for lawmakers. Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, quoted Dickson as conveying the decision to decline assent to the bill in a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly, Kombowei Benson, on Monday. The…
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Reject life pension for Bayelsa lawmakers, SERAP tells Dickson
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State urging him to use his “good offices as trustee of the state’s resources, and consistent with your constitutional oath of office, to reject the proposed life pension bill by the leader of the House of Assembly Peter…
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Dickson inaugurates committees to probe activities of PDP leaders, aides in 2019 elections
Ahead of the November 2nd governorship election, the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, at the weekend, inaugurated committees to investigate the activities of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and his appointed aides at the just-concluded general elections in the state. It was gathered that the party leaders, commissioners and other aides were apprehensive following the…
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Dickson lifts embargo on promotion of civil servants
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has given civil servants in the state a special gift ahead of workers’ day celebration following his decision to lift embargo on implementation of promotions in the service. Dickson directed immediate implementation and payment of pending promotion benefits and accumulated arrears to all workers. Speaking at a meeting with labour…