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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DRIVE GETS A BOOST WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE BOOK: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS…..How to Attract Private Capital to Public Infrastructure   The issue of Infrastructure deficit is a major concern for most developing and developed countries of the world. More so in Africa where public funds are subject to misappropriation, the need for an alternative and effective means of filling the huge infrastructure gap cannot be over emphasized.   It is in the light of the above abnormality that the proposed public presentation of the book, Building Sustainable Public Private Partnerships….How to Attract Private Capital to Public Infrastructure written by Mr. Sam Inengite comes in very handy to Stake Holders in private business organizations and government institutions that are burdened with the task of implementing an alternative and effective means of eradicating the Infrastructure gap.   The author of the book, Mr. Sam I

BAD LEADERS PROMOTE CULTISM, CRIMINALITY - GOV. DICKSON Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has decried the use of privileged positions and access to power to stir up violence and criminality. The governor, who expressed his worries on Thursday during the Monthly Praise Night for November 2018 at the King of Glory Chapel in Government House, Yenagoa, charged politicians to take advantage of their positions to work toward promoting and supporting development at all times. His Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor to have said that bad leadership by some persons in authority, who promote cultism and criminality, have corrupted the system and resulted to teenagers engaging in despicable acts of murdering fellow citizens in the state. "Politics is not about promoting violence to destabilise the state. But it is rather about using privileged platforms at the state and federal levels

PRESS STATEMENT.... FAKE SOFT COPY OF "TRANSITION HOURS" ..... Former official of jonathan’s foundation ‘behind illegal circulation of my transition hours’ A group, The Nigeria Academic Think Tank, has accused the federal government of being responsible for the circulation of the fake soft copies of “My Transition Hours”, a book written by former President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement released on Tuesday, Usman Aliyu, national coordinator, ​​​​​and Olufemi Akindele, the secretary, the group accused some officials of the incumbent administration of colluding with a former staff of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, to release after manipulation, the unfinished copy of the book. “Obviously the book opened several cans of worms which many had ordinarily wanted closed, as It remains a historic fact that truth is temporarily in bondage to falsehood. However, when truth comes forcefully the earth gets shaken,” the statement read. “Hardly had participants a

2019: NIGERIA NEEDS OUR PRAYERS NOW - DICKSON The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on Nigerians irrespective of religion, ethnicity and political leaning to pray for the country ahead of the 2019 general elections. The Governor said that Nigerians and indeed all people of goodwill had a responsibility to pray for the country to ensure the conduct of free fair, credible and violence-free elections in the country in 2019. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei stated that the Governor  made the comment while speaking to journalists at the Chapel òf Christ the Glorious King in Abeokuta on Sunday. Governor Dickson who was Chairman of the Tenth Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration of the church, said that it was public knowledge that things had not been the way they should be in the country. He said that it was important for the right thing to be done as the country moved towards the general elec

  2019: SECURITY AGENCIES GREATEST THREAT TO NIGERIA’s STABILITY - DICKSON, CLARK ……. condemn abuse of security agencies ...say agencies now extension of APC By Michael Egiethua Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson and Ijaw National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, have raised the alarm over the increasing abuse of security agencies by the ruling political party, the All Progressives Congress and the Federal Government. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that the Governor and the Elder Statesman made the comment when Pa Clark paid him a condolence visit on the death of his mother, Ma. GoldCoast Dickson, in Abuja, on Friday. The Governor said that the Nigerians were deeply worried about the conduct of the security agencies across in the country. According to him, the security agencies were disturbingly metamorphosing into an extensio