Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday unveiled the logo for the 30th anniversary of the creation of the state, with the theme: “Bayelsa @30: Celebrating Legacies.”
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Senator Diri, accompanied by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, unveiled the logo during the 197th State Executive Council meeting at Government House, Yenagoa.
The governor commended the ministry for giving young Bayelsans the opportunity to participate in the contest to design the anniversary logo, describing the initiative as a demonstration of his administration’s commitment to participatory governance.
He called on young Bayelsans to remain creative and industrious while developing their scientific and technical skills as the world advances into the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The governor said:
«“I am happy that Bayelsans were given the opportunity. Nobody knows it all.
“This is one way to assess a government where the citizens participate in the process. It is not only when we budget that citizens participate.
“There are things in our various ministries that you need to tap from the people. And I could not have done otherwise when this was brought to my attention. And you can see the level of productivity and ingenuity of our youths.
“That is why I keep saying everywhere that the youths of Bayelsa are not lazy. It is clear that our youths are productive.
“The commissioner said some of the entries were AI-generated and were disqualified. I don’t agree with that, as we are in the AI age already, and some of them could have been considered for their creativity.
“So, let me, on behalf of government, apologise to those who submitted AI-generated entries that were disqualified because we are moving our state towards the AI generation.”
Speaking earlier, the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mrs. Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, presented the five finalists in the logo design competition to the governor and members of the State Executive Council.
According to her, the logo concept represented three decades of resilience, culture, oil and gas, aquatic heritage and the indomitable Ijaw spirit.
Explaining further, she said the submission of entries lasted for 10 days, during which the ministry received 465 designs, out of which more than 350 were AI-generated.
She said that of the five finalists, the design submitted by Godwill Ayibakepre Waribugo won the grand prize of N3 million, while Prosper Jerome, Daniel Youdeowei, Ibo Tamarapreye and Success Azibapu Eligha each received a consolation prize of N150,000.
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