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FLOODING: BAYELSA SHUTS DOWN SCHOOLS... BEGINS DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF MATERIALS    Gov Dickson inspecting flooded areas in Bayelsa State The Bayelsa State Government has directed immediate closure of all schools in the state as a precautionary measure to avoid loss of lives in the current flooding in the state. The decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, who also set up a special committee to facilitate prompt and effective response to the flood emergency in the state. The Commissioner for  Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Saturday that the highest decision making body in the state also directed the Ministry of Health to set up an emergency health response unit in the state to mitigate the effect of the flood on the people. Iworiso-Markson said that the Emergency Health Response Unit  of the Ministry of Health was desi

NIGERIA NEEDS AN EDUCATED PRESIDENT - DICKSON WE NEED A ROBUST DEBATE ON RESTRUCTURING- TAMBUWAL  Gov Seriake Dickson and Gov Aminu Tambuwal The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the country was in need of a highly educated and competent President. Governor Dickson stated that the time had come for Nigeria to be led by a visionary leader, a nation builder and a democrat.  A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations to the governor, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, quoted him as having made the comment while playing the host to a Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party and Governor of Sokoto State,  Aminu Tambuwal, and members of his campaign team at the Government House Yenagoa. Governor Dickson stressed that time had come  for Nigeria to produce a detribalized consensus builder as president with a consciousness that he had a responsibility to all Nigerians. The governor also said that those in leade

PDP IS READY TO WREST POWER FROM APC, BUBA GALADIMA …Says Gov Dickson is A Detribalized And reliable Leader …Leaders Should Work To Strengthen Unity Of The Country, Dickson  Reported by our Correspondent in Yenagoa Buba Galadima A former National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressive Congress, R-APC, Engr. Buba Galadima, says the lopsided state of the nation’s economy, insecurity in parts of the country and insincerity on the part of the ruling All Progressives Congress, are indications that, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is on its way to wresting power from the ruling party. Alhaji Buba Galadima, who is a member of the PDP Gubernatorial screening committee for the South-South, noted that, with the focused, detribalized, purposeful leadership and disposition of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and other PDP Governors across the country, the party proved its readiness to return the country to its glorious past. According to the Special Adviser to

BAYELSA RECEIVES N24.16 BN PARIS CLUB REFUNDS ...SAYS LOKPOBIRI’S N800 BN DEBT CLAIM DISGRACEFUL The Bayelsa State Government has announced the receipt of N24.16 billion from the Paris Club debt refund. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Markson Iworiso-Markson made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. He said that the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson had directed immediate payment of two out of the outstanding three months salary arrears to workers and four out seven months pension arrears in the state. Iworiso-Markson described the recent N800 billion debt claim by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, as disgraceful and unexpected of a person occupying his exalted position. He said that it was queer and indeed sad that a Minister could quote wild debt figures with the intent to mislead the public and discredit the government. The commissioner said that while the state government got N21.94 billion, the local

  SALARY ARREARS: BAYELSA STATE GOVT ASSURES WORKERS OF FULL PAYMENT  The Bayelsa State Government has dismissed rumours making the rounds that the salary arrears of workers will be paid by reducing two steps based on the report of the Committee on Commencement and Progression. The Head of the Civil Service, Rev. Thomas Zidafamo said there is no truth in it as those spreading the falsehood are only interested in using that to discredit the government. In a statement on Monday, Rev. Zidafamo called on workers to discountenance the rumour as the government had never at anytime contemplated taken such decision. He explained that the State Government is taking steps to ensure the payment of the arrears without the so-called purported deductions and very soon it will meet that obligation.  While maintaining that the rumour is intended to establish a frosty relationship between the government, workers in the state and the organized Labour, the Head of Se