Tag: Douye Diri
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PIB: Host communities provision is a time bomb – Gov Diri warns
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has warned that the definition of a host community in the just passed Petroleum Industry Bill by the National Assembly was a time bomb if not properly addressed. He also restated the position of governors of the southern states that it was an injustice to allot three per cent…
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Gov Diri demands Shell headquarters should be in Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has re-echoed his call on Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to relocate its operational headquarters to the State. Governor Diri stressed that given the historical significance of the State to Shell, there was no better location to site its headquarters. He restated this when the Shell Country Chair and…
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Bayelsa bans open grazing, to arrest armed herders
Bayelsa Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state. Gov. Douye Diri assented to the Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021 on Wednesday at the Executive Chamber of Government House, Yenagoa. He said the essence of the law was to ensure harmonious living between cattle dealers and other…
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Gov Diri reacts to N3bn loan diversion allegations
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday described the claim that the N3 billion Agricultural loan obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was diverted as false and cheap blackmail. Diri, who reacted to the allegations on Tuesday noted that the smear campaign was aimed at arm twisting his administration to get appointments into…
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PIB: Gov Diri advocates 10 % for host communities
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday proposed that 10 per cent be provided in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the host communities. Diri, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, said this on Tuesday at a town hall meeting on the bill with members of the National Assembly and…
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Okowa congratulates Gov. Diri on 1st anniversary
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Sunday congratulated his Bayelsa counterpart, Sen. Douye Diri, on the first anniversary of his administration. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, thanked God for the success of the first year of the “prosperity” administration in Bayelsa. He said that Bayelsa had…
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Gov Diri mourns former Amb. Bolere Ketebu
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has mourned the passing away of Dr Bolere Ketebu, the former Nigerian ambassador to Ireland. The Bayelsa State Governor, in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said the demise of the former ambassador came as a rude shock. “I am deeply saddened over the news…
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Bayelsa Govt. honours Barr. Ebizi Eradiri, double first class law graduate
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, announced automatic scholarship to Barr. Ebizi Blessing Eradiri for her Master and Doctorate degrees in any university in Nigeria or abroad. Miss Eradiri is the first female First Class graduate from the Faculty of Law of the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), a feat she repeated at…
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I didn’t know I’ll be governor – Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Sunday joined other worshipers to offer praises to God for witnessing the first Sunday of year 2021. Senator Diri, who worshipped at St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Sampou, his hometown, told the congregation that he never knew the community would produce a governor while he was supporting the…
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Gov Diri sends message of hope to people of Bayelsa
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has said his administration would this year diversify the state’s economy away from the total dependence on revenue from oil-related monthly allocation as well as create more jobs to engage its youths. The governor, in his New Year Day broadcast tagged: “Message of Hope and Prosperity,” also promised to…