Governor Diri granted approval on March 3, 2025, for the recruitment of approximately 1,000 new officers into the state civil service. According to him, a total of 36,750 candidates participated in the CBT, and applicants who scored 60 and above would be shortlisted for the next stage, which includes a physical examination.
Your Excellency, Rodney has asked us to thank you and assure you that the A.S.S.U.R.E.D programme9 of the Prosperity Government has enabled him to touch most communities in Southern Ijaw. He has documented his work, which we will present to you. More importantly, we come to greet you. Nua!
For this brief period in the Nigerian House of Representatives, I have in my little way impacted positively even with the daunting challenges faced in the Constituency. I have no doubt in my mind that, I will continue to be an indispensable asset to the good people of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area and infinitely more so, to fight the course of Bayelsa in support of the Governor Douye Diri’s led A.s.s.u.r.e.d prosperity administration in the state as a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria even as we await more Constituency projects and programs for Community development and Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs) for human Empowerment across the Federal Constituency in the next two years.
“We are very ambitious and with the assurance that our new 25,000 capacity stadium will be ready in about two years, I have directed the Commissioner for Sports Development, Champion Hon. Daniel Igali, to make a bid for the hosting of the National Sports Festival in 2028”.
“We want to be number one in sports in Nigeria and I believe we can export football to the rest of the country and beyond. We are encouraged that football keeps our youths happy.“
“If you ignore education, then you have to build more prisons because crime will soar. For us as a government, education is a priority.”
PANDEF therefore calls upon the relevant authorities, most especially, President Bola Tinubu, as the father of the nation, and the National Assembly, led by our own son, Senator Godswill Akpabio to act without delay to restore democratic governance in Rivers State. The prolonged political crisis in the state has created an environment of instability and uncertainty that directly impacts the well-being of everyday citizens.
“President Bola Ahmed will deliver his address from the National Assembly. All other plans are in order as announced earlier”.
“As a coastal state, Bayelsa lies below the sea level and consequently faces the risks associated with ocean rise. About 70 per cent of its land area is occupied by rivers and it borders the Atlantic Ocean on its three senatorial flanks.
Moreover, insiders within the APC have raised alarm about Tinubu’s relationship with Adeleke, arguing that it seems unfair to prioritize the governor at the expense of dedicated party members. The unease centers around past instances where Tinubu’s political maneuvers appeared to undermine party candidates.
