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GUBER RACE: GOV DICKSON URGES BAYELSANS TO REJECT CULTISTS, UNGODLY POLITICIANS ....Recommends 30 percent councilorship positions for women, youths By Patrick Walson Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson (2 nd  R), his wife, Dr. Mrs. Rachael Dickson (R), and members of the clergy, during the May, 2019 edition of the State's Monthly Praise Night, at the King of Glory Chapel, Government House, Yenagoa.  Photo by Philip Omojefe. The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the people of the state to reject cultists and ungodly politicians aspiring to govern the state after his tenure in 2020. The Governor enjoined Bayelsans to ensure that politicians with the devilish habit to use political appointments as a bait to lure the people into the destructive fold of cultism are not allowed to have access to political control in the state. A statement by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted the Go

INAUGURATION DAY: Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum, Gov. Dickson, Congratulates Colleague Members  By Donald Sylva Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson The Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has heartily congratulated his colleague members in the forum as well as the good people of their various States on the successful inauguration ceremonies held on Wednesday, May 29,2019. In a press statement from the Abuja Secretariat of the forum, the Chairman said “We are confident that the States in particular and our dear country in general will benefit immensely from your wealth of experience as you assume office”. Governor Dickson stated “We count on your good office to enhance a strong working relationship between your State and the PDP Governors’ Forum”. He prayed that God Almighty would continue to guide, protect and bless them and their families; grant them reigns of wisdom, good health and the focus to excel in the selfless service to t

FINALLY, ROBCO OPENS UP ON ROMEO BEKEYEI AND 2019 BAYELSA GUBER RACE - Unveils 21-Reason Policy Document to support Choice By Our Correspondent Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at its lavishly-furnished Campaign Headquarters in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, the leadership and management of the Romeo Bekeyei Campaign Organization (ROBCO), finally opened up on the identity of its candidate in the build-up to the November 2019 Bayelsa Gubernatorial Race. The well-attended event drew personalities, political stakeholders and associates from every nook and cranny of the oil-rich state. In a press statement signed by the Interim Spokesperson of the organization, Mr. Godspower Ebitemi, the organization said an intensive consultation process across every strata of the state and the Ijaw Nation in the last five going to six weeks is what prompted it to finally open up on the choice of its candidate for the guber race. The statement added that it was in the light of the

ATTACK ON JUDICIARY, A THREAT TO NIGERIA’S FOUNDATION, DEMOCRACY - GOV DICKSON By Our Reporter Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State   Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday, said the attack on the Judiciary by some political actors was a threat to the nation’s foundation and the development of democratic governance in the country. The Governor said that the onslaught on judiciary was aimed at weakening and destroying its independence should be condemned. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Wednesday, quoted Governor Dickson as having made the comment during the swearing-in of two new High Court Judges at Government House, Yenagoa. Those sworn-in are, Justice Iniekinimi Uzakah, a former Registrar of the High Court, and Justice Abasi Youngman, former Acting Director, Civil Litigation Department, Ministry of

60 BAYELSA COMMUNITIES PRESENT SPILLAGE EVIDENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL Devastation like dropped bomb - Archbishop Sentamu By Our Reporter A cross section of Participants at the Public presentaion of evidence to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission   No fewer than 60 communities and groups have presented evidence of oil-related devastation to the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) chaired by the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu. The 10-man panel inaugurated by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in March this year rounded off the second round of its fact-finding investigative assignment at the weekend during which it held roundtable sessions with non-governmental organisations and health experts. It also visited six ravaged communities in Southern Ijaw, Brass and Yenagoa local government areas of the state. The commission held a well-attended public evidence session on Friday during which communities gave oral evidenc

OIL SPILLS: BAYELSA COMMUNITIES ACCUSE DPR, NOSDRA OF COMPLICITY  ...DEMANDS CLEAN-UP, COMPENSATION  Donald Sylva The story on the plight of oil Ravaged communities in Bayelsa State cannot be told in one clear swoop due to the various conjectures and attachments arising from this debacle.  The suffering and smiling communities in Bayelsa  State, though in the midst of Wealth,  have laid damning accusations against the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and another regulatory body, National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) of connivance with oil multinationals in the destruction of their environment and leaving them in an impoverished condition. Four communities that suffered devastating oil spills - Babragbene, Lasukugbene and Oyeregbene in Southern Ijaw and Mbikiba in Brass local government areas - made the accusation during a town hall meeting with members of the Bayelsa State Oil and Environmental Commission (BSOEC) at Oyeregbene com