Tag: dickson
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Implement your party’s restructuring report before 2019 elections, Dickson tells Buhari
Governor Sariake Dickson of Bayelsa, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to constitute a multiparty committee to consider the All Progressives Congress (APC) Restructuring Committee’s report . Dickson made the call on Friday in Abuja, while addressing newsmen on the recommendations of the APC’s Committee report on Restructuring led by Gov. Nasir El Rufai òf…
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We won’t sack you, Dickson assures Bayelsa teachers
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday assured teachers on its payroll that the state government wouldn’t sack them. Instead, Dickson said the government would train and retrain the teachers for greater productivity. A statement signed by Dickson’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, said the governor gave the assurance when he…
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Paris Club Refund: Dickson releases N5.6bn to clear workers’ salaries
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Friday ordered the release of N5.6billion out of N14.8billion Paris Club Refund he received in December last year for the payment of one- and- half month salary arrears owed workers during the economic recession of 2016. It was gathered that the governor called a meeting of top government…
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Rivers, Benue massacre: Buhari not handling national security as expected – Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Wednesday accused the President Muhammadu led Federal Government of not handling national security issues as expected. The governor explained that the inability of President Muhamnadu Buhari to personally take charge of the nation’s security and engage “stakeholders” on national security has made some APC leaders to politicise security.…
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Ex aide to Gov Dickson dies in Patience Jonathan’s hotel
The Police in Bayelsa on Saturday confirmed the death of a former aide to Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa Mr Nasko Egei at Aridolf Resort Wellness and Spa, a hotel operated by former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the deceased had checked into the hotel with a female…
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Exclude 13 per cent derivation fund from $1b ECA deduction, Dickson tells Buhari
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has requested the Federal Government to exclude the 13 percent derivation funds accruable to oil producing states from the one billion Dollars to be deducted from the Excess Crude Account for national security. The governor demanded that the 13 percent Derivation component of the one billion Dollars be deducted…
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PDP Convention: Dickson reaches out to Adeniran, Gana, Mantu, others
The National Reconciliation Committee of the People’s Democratic Party led by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday visited some aggrieved members as part of efforts to forge a post-convention reconciliation within the party. Among the party members visited by the Dickson team was former National Chairmanship aspirant, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, Special Adviser Media Relations…
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Reports of ‘killer injection’ by military false, we support Operation Crocodile Smile II – Dickson
The Bayelsa State Government on Saturday lent its support to the ongoing military training operation and its community relations component by the Nigerian Army in the Niger Delta. Governor Seriake Dickson urged the people of the state to discountenance the rumour that the exercise, christened ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’, which includes free medical care, would…
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Okorocha, Bello, Dickson, 7 other govs owing workers’ salaries despite FG’s release of Paris Club refund – NLC
…says 10 defaulting governors must give account of Paris Club refund spendings …kicks against increase in electricity tariff The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday made good its intention to name state governors who mismanaged the first and second tranches of the Paris Club refund released to them by the Federal Government. The congress also…
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No other party will rule Bayelsa aside PDP, Dickson boasts
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Saturday said the People’s Democratic Party is the only party that will rule the state. Dickson made the statement in Yenagoa during the inauguration of a 10-member committee saddled with the responsibilities of reconciling aggrieved members of the party in the state. Speaking at the occasion, the governor urged…