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BAYELSA REFORMS: PERSONNEL REDEPLOYMENT IN PUBLIC INTEREST - COMMISSIONER The Bayelsa State Government has said that the decision to redeploy personnel in the public service identified to be redundant by their supervisors to other agencies was in their best interest and that of the public. The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, assured the citizenry while speaking with a select number of journalists in Yenagoa on Thursday that the implementation of the reforms was not meant to witch-hunt any employee of government. Iworiso-Markson averred that as painful as the government's action was, it was done to avoid a collapse of the state's public service which has been under rot for years. He said that the government had embarked on a painstaking process of implementing the reforms with a focus on the welfare and wellbeing of those who might be affected by the exercise. He explained that the government was resolute in its decision to redeploy the affected wo...

Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State faults Edo State Government on N4b expenditure on Water Projects People Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has faulted the Edo State government over its claim that it had expended the sum of N4billion between 2017 and February 2018 on various water projects in the State in partnership with the European Union (EU) describing it as  false and misleading.  It would be recalled that the  State Commissioner for Energy and Water Resources, Mr Yekini Idaiye, had weekend told journalists that the sum of N1.3 billion (excluding donor agencies was budgeted by the State government on various water schemes in 2018. He said the sum of N1.3 billion has been released for water projects in seven local government areas of Edo state between 2017 and Febuary 2018. The Commissioner gave the breakdown to include, N1 billion for Ovia South West and Etsako West local government areas water scheme, N2 billion for Uhunmwonde , Orhionmwon  and Owan W...

Good governance: Bayelsa to ‘resurrect’ state printing ‎ press By Ebi Anthony The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said it would soon begin the process of bringing back its printing press‎ in order to bring it up to standard and meet the demands of ministries, agencies and parastatals in printing government documents. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson gave this assurance on Thursday when he visited the State Printing Press in Ovom, Yenagoa. The visit was the last lap of the Commissioner’s  familiarization tour to agencies ‎and parastatals under his ministry. He said the government ‎will procure brand new digital printing machines and other office equipment to‎ enhance their operations and disclosed that very soon all government documents will be printed by the state printing press. Iworiso-Markson expressed confidence that‎ with the passage of the 2018 budget, fu...

POLITICS SENATOR YUSUF DATTI BABA-AHMED EXPRESSES INTEREST IN 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION By Michael Egiethua in Abuja A former Nigerian senator, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has expressed his readiness to contest in the forthcoming 2019 presidential election. The 48 year-old ex-lawmaker disclosed this at his residence in Abuja, according to a statement signed by Mr. Ibrahim Biu, the Chairman of the Datti Baba-Ahmed Campaign Media committee in Abuja on Friday. The statement reads: “Senator Datti Baba Ahmed's (DBA) political journey started when he was first elected in April 2003 to the Federal House of Representatives for the Zaria Federal Constituency, Kaduna State. He ran on the platform of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP). “In the April 2011 elections, Baba-Ahmed polled 366,398 votes in the contest to represent Kaduna North Senatorial district, beating his closest rival, Senator Ahmed Makarfi of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), the incumbent, who pol...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: TOASTMASTERS' MULTICULTURAL FOOD FAIR 2018. Toastmasters International is a worldwide non-profit educational organization that empowers individuals to become more effective leaders, public speakers and communicators. It is in 141 countries with over 350,000 members worldwide. As part of our activities towards our 2nd annual conference tagged Leadership in Motion; Walking the Talk, we are celebrating food from various cultures. Our Multicultural Food Fair will be holding at the Riverplate park opp Abia House in Wuse on Sunday 8th April 2018. It's a fun filled day with loads of activities for adults and children. It's a family day and there's something for every one.

Governor Dickson's Tournament Organisers Commend Ogbia Unity Cup for successful competition... ...To take the Two finalist for Restoration Cup. The Central Organising Committee of the Governor Seriake Dickson Football Tournament, has commended the organisers of the just concluded Ogbia Unity Cup. The committee also congratulated Otuasega community for emerging winners of the competition which was concluded last weekend, after defeating Otuokpoti community, one goal to nil in the finals at Opume. In a statement signed and released in Yenagoa by the Director General of the Restoration Cup 2018, Ono Akpe, he applauded the organisers for a job well done, and for the hitch-free tournament. "We are indeed happy with the Ogbia Unity Cup tournament. We commend the organisers led by Hon Daniel Iworiso Markson, Commissioner for Information and everyone who played a role or two to see to the conclusion of the tournament". It was also a great final between Otuasega and Otuokpoti...

Kukah writes Buhari: We thought we had overcome ethnicity but you brought it back with vengeance Mathew Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto diocese of the Catholic church, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of bringing back ethnicity which Nigerians felt they had overcome. In a letter to the president, the cleric said Nigerians have never been so alienated from one another. Kukah said during his campaign, Buhari promised to fight corruption and make the nation secure but he has fallen short of expectations. He said Buhari needs to connect with Nigerians and fulfil his promises. “You know sir, that you rode into town like a knight in shining armour, carrying the joys, pains, anxieties and fears of a people whose broken dreams had littered and turned the landscape into a kaleidoscopic scenery of desolation and despair,” he said. “In your campaigns, you promised to restore a sense of national pride in us by slaying the dragon of corruption, banishing the retrogressive scour...