Tag: Seriake Dickson
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Bayelsa Gov. backs calls for restructuring
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Thursday backed calls for restructuring in the country. He spoke at the Distinguished Guest Lecture of the Faculty Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, which had as theme: “ Restructuring and the Search for a productive Nigeria.’’ ” If we were to conduct a referendum, majority of Nigerians will vote…
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Shocking! Gunmen kill newly appointed Bayelsa governor’s aide
Gunmen have shot dead Mr Ebikimi Okoringa, a newly appointed Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state. TheNewsGuru reports a community leader, who preferred anonymity, made this known on Tuesday in Yanagoa, the capital of the state. The community leader disclosed Okoringa was shot on Monday by some assailants who laid ambush near…
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Bayelsa Govt to sensitise citizenry over uncollected PVCs
The Bayelsa Government has pledged to mobilise its citizenry to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to enable them to fully participate in the 2019 general elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that no fewer than 28, 590 PVCs were yet to be collected by their owners while more than 65,000 new voters…
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Agro revolution: Dickson partners NIRSAL to create wealth in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson wants the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Plc (NIRSAL) to partner with his government to expand the frontiers of the agricultural investments his administration has made in the last six years. He said, it is by so doing that, the Government can conveniently create…
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Bayelsa Govt records N1.4bn increase in Feb. salary
The Bayelsa Government says it will spend N3.5 billion for the payment of civil servants salary in February against the N2.9 billion spent for January salary in the state. Gov. Seriake Dickson disclosed this through his deputy, retired Rear Admiral Gborigbiogha John-Jonah. He spoke on Wednesday in Yenagoa during the monthly transparency briefing to outline…
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New Year: I won’t let anyone down, says Dickson
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has urged people of the state to be hopeful of better things in 2018, promising that his administration would not let them down. Dickson’s assurance is contained in his New Year Message issued by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Francis Agbo, in Yenagoa on Saturday. “My administration is sensitive…