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  Gov. Diri's SSA on Tourism Commends FG Over Approval of N117 billion for Oloibiri Oil & Gas Museum and Research Centre in Bayelsa The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Dr. Piriye Kiyaramo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for graciously approving the contract sum of N117 billion for Phase-1 Engineering, Procurement & Construction of the Oloibiri Oil & Gas Museum and Research Centre project in Bayelsa State with a completion time frame of two and a half years. Dr. Kiyaramo who made the commendation when he received the Acting Curator of the Oloibiri Oil & Gas Museum and Research Centre, Mrs. Rachel Adelani in his office in Yenagoa on Friday, informed that crude oil sites are now being promoted all over the world as special interest tourism niche destinations to attract visitors and adventure tourists alike to such places. He added that: "The story of the Oloibiri Well 1, where crude oil was first discovered in commerci...

   ...As DG Reiterates Need for Tourism Road Map. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has said that his main purpose of seeking collaboration with the Bayelsa Investment Promotion Agency (BIPA) was to stimulate economic  growth and development, assuring that he is optimistic that the collaboration will produce a workable marketing strategy to export our own cultural products.  Mr. Kiyaramo who stated this when he visited the Director General of Bayelsa Investment Promotion Agency (BIPA), Barr. Patience Ranami-Abah in her office on Tuesday in Yenagoa, maintained that tourism can boost the revenue profile of Bayelsa State, by creating thousands of jobs, as well as plant a sense of cultural exchange between tourists and the host communities.  According to Mr. Kiyaramo, the collaboration between the Bayelsa State Investment Promotion Agency and his office,  would focus on developing new cultural products,...

GOV.DIRI’S SSA ON TOURISM CONDEMNS ILLEGAL POACHING OF CHIMPANZEES IN EDUMENUM NATIONAL PARK : ... Calls for Concerted Efforts to Protect Wildlife in Bayelsa. Following increased hunting and poaching of chimpanzees in forest reserve in the state, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has called for concerted efforts to protect endangered species in the Edumenum National Park, covering 86.76 km2, home to chimpanzees and Apoi National Park, covering 64.77 km2, where the critically endangered Niger Delta Red Colombus is found, among several species.  While expressing his displeasure in an interview with newsmen in Yenagoa, Wednesday over recent killing of chimpanzees in Edumenum National Park in the Nembe axis by locals, Mr. Kiyaramo, said all great apes, including chimpanzees are either endangered or critically endangered.  The governor's aide who lamented that bushmeat has always been a primary food source in Central and West A...

CELEBRATE OIL &GAS DISCOVERY DAYS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES- GOV, DIRI’S SSA ON TOURISM . The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has enjoined oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region to weave local festivals around the days crude oil was discovered in their areas, adding that oil heritage should form part of their annual festivals in the region to promote energy tourism and conservation education.  Mr. Kiyaramo who made the call at the seventh edition of the annual "National Oil & Gas Discovery Day Festival held at the site of Oloibiri Oil Well 1, where crude oil was first discovered in commercial quantity on Sunday 15 January 1956 by Shell Darcy, in Otuabagi Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, noted that crude oil sites are now being promoted all over the world as special interest tourism niche destinations to attract visitors and adventure tourists alike to such places. He stated that the...

CREATE TOURISM POLICE UNIT, GOV. DIRI’S SSA ON TOURISM URGES IGL. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Bayelsa State Governor on Tourism, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to create    tourist a police unit, adding that the special squad will should be able to respond to the needs and concerns of visitors and tourists alike. Mr. Kiyaramo said the safety and security of tourists should be given due attention any destination that is striving to increase its popularity among visitors, informing that more and more countries have continued to introduce tourist police units to help and protect their tourists. Speaking at the presentation of    humanitarian service award to    former police orderly to the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ebipamowei Okoyen, Psc, by the League of Character Clubs, International in Yenagoa recently, Mr. Kiyaramo maintained that the police force has ...