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  Official Commissioning of Nembe Unity Bridge: Gov. Diri Says Bridge will Heal Wounds "This historic bridge has been on from the days of Eastern Nigeria. It has been in the drawing board, but it was given flesh by one of your sons, His Excellency Chief Timipre Sylva, who is now a Minister, and thereafter, the bridge was yet to be attended to until our administration came in. Our government brought to light this historic infrastructure that will help heal wounds, this will not just be a physical bridge, but also spiritual bridge particularly between the brothers of Ogbolomabiri and Bassambiri.  Today, we are here with no lesser personality than the immediate past president of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who graciously accepted to be part of history.  Let us note that wherever there is war, development suffers, so it is a glorious sight today that we have both Kings of the same Nembe to witness the commissioning of this project." ~Sen. Douye Diri,...

  Diri voted Independent's Governor of the year ... Says he is committed to serving Bayelsa  Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has been voted Governor of the Year 2021 by the Board of Editors of Independent Newspapers, publishers of Daily Independent, Saturday Independent and Sunday Independent titles.   Senator Diri emerged the best governor in the Good Governance and Responsive Leadership category.   The awards ceremonies will hold on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the Convention Centre of the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.   A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, disclosed that the award notification letter was presented to Governor Diri on Saturday in Lagos by the newspaper’s management delegation led by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Steve Omanufeme.   Mr. Omanufeme said the award is in recognition of the Bayelsa governor’s outstanding performance in just two years in office.   “This award i...

Re:2023, Jonathan meets with Coordinators  Joseph Braye  04/12/2022 The South South Presidency advocacy group has observed with dismay unfolding Media reports alleging    that former president GoodLuck Jonathan met with South South leaders coordinating his return to the presidency in 2023. The reports also alleged that chairman of the South South Presidency advocacy group chief Diekivie Ikiogha attended the meeting    during    which GoodLuck Jonathan indicated interest in their campaign and asked them to return to their states to continue with their campaign.  The reports would have been ignored in the light of    trivialities but for the need to put the records straight for correct public perception . For the avoidance of doubt, at no time has former president GoodLuck Jonathan appointed coordinators to work for his return to the presidency. As a matter of fact the question of GEJ inviting coordinators or any other group by whatev...

  A VISIONARY LEADER, DOUYE DIRI CHANGING THE PHASE OF BAYELSA STATE Dave Ikiedei Asei 10/12/2021 If you are familiar with Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State.  (Night view of the city) State before the prosperity administration of Governor Douye Diri, you will know that some sections of the city was experiencing high level criminality. To mention but a few, the popular Tombia roundabout, hospital road, Gwegwe, down Yenagoa etc, but through his urban renewal drive, criminality in those areas have been drastically reduced. With his administration’s efforts in the Urban Renewal drive in    the state capital, Yenagoa many of the criminal hideouts and brooding abides and illegal structures defacing the beauty and tourism friendly atmosphere of the city have been demolished and reconstructed and some are still undergoing the reconstruction and rehabilitation process. One of the duties of a focused and visionary administration is to provide the needs of the people o...

  PROSPERITY ADMINISTRATION SET TO INCREASE HER INTERNALLY GENERATED INCOME THROUGH TOURISM (PART 2) Dave Ikiedei Asei 08/12/2021 The Governor of Bayelsa State has set in motion to increase its Internally Generated Revenue through the tourism sub-sector of her economy. The vision of Douye Diri’s administration to bring prosperity to the state is no doubt manifesting in various shores of the economy. One of such programmes is the Development of the tourism sector of the state. In line with his target in bringing prosperity to the people of the state, he wasted no time in making sure that the Bayelsa International Airport was made to function properly. That is why he quickly completed all the necessary regulatory framework needed to get the airport in operation. There is no gainsaying that the tourism sector when properly harnessed could generate more funds that the oil and gas revenue accruing to the state. It is in the light of this drive that we should take a look at how the touri...

  PROSPERITY GOVERNOR IN ACTION     (PART 1) Dave Ikiedei Asei 06/12/2021 Governor Diri’s prosperity agenda has manifested in various spheres of the Bayelsa state economy, one of which is getting approval from the NCAA to approve commercial flights at the Bayelsa Airport. You will recall that former Governor of the State, His Excellency Henry Seriake Dickson, now a leading Senator representing the good people of Bayelsa West Senatorial district built before leaving for the Senate. When the NCAA Director General, Dr Nuhu Musa presented the regulalatory body’s approval letter to the Governor , who was highly elated in the Government House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Many who doubted that one day Bayelsa State could proudly own a modern day international airport of this standard are now celebrating this great achievement.    On that day, Dr Musa said the Airport met all the airspace standards and is one hundred percent ready for daytime operations and today we are enjo...

EMULATE JEFSTONE SKILL SERVICES BEACH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE:    ...GOV. DIRI'S SSA TELLS CORPORATE BODIES IN BAYELSA. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr Piriye Kiyaramo has called on corporate organisations doing business in the state to emulate the beach tourism development initiative of Jefstone Skill Services Ltd, the firm handling site preparation work for the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company at Odioama in Brass local government area of Bayelsa state.  Mr Kiyaramo who spoke with travel writers shortly after having audience with the Managing Director of Jefstone Skill Services Ltd, Mr Gladstone Amabebe Humphery in his office in Yenagoa, described the indigenous Company’s intention to plant of fifteen thousand (15,000) coconut trees along the Odioama shoreline as part of efforts to protect the beach from the adverse effects of climate change as very innovative.  The Senior Special Assistant to the governor...