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*Commends INEC For Rejecting Voodoo Votes *Dickson Congratulates Diri Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has canvassed for legislation to check the menace of vote-buying as part of measures to safeguard the country’s electoral system. Diri stated this on Tuesday at his country home, Sampou, in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area when his predecessor and Senator…
*Says “I’ll Continue To Be Governor For All” Bayelsa State erupted in jubilation on Monday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the off-cycle governorship election in the state. Governor Diri polled 175,196 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Timipre Sylva of…
*Commends INEC On Seamless Process Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condemned the action of some individuals in Bassambiri community in Nembe local government area where members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were prevented from entering the community to vote. Senator Diri, who stated this shortly after casting his vote at…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has told his kinsmen in Ogbia Local Government Area to reciprocate the good developmental gestures of Governor Douye Diri in the area by massively voting for him in Saturday’s governorship poll. Speaking at his country home in Otuoke on Wednesday when Governor Diri led a high-powered delegation to visit the former…
*PDP Leaders, Supporters Lock Down Yenagoa For Governor Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said the Bayelsa people will re-elect him for a second tenure on the basis of his first term performance. Addressing a mammoth crowd at the carnival-like grand finale of his campaign at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion in Yenagoa on…
*My Party’s Supporters Most Peaceful, Says Gov. Diri The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Mr. Kayode, Egbetokun, on Monday, read the riot act to perpetrators of electoral violence to steer clear of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. He explained that his visit was in respect of the election and assured that the police was neutral….
“Nobody should deceive you. If they tell you to go and do anything for them (APC), tell your families and friends that they are wasting their time. It is better for you to hear this from the horse’s mouth.”
“Now, we have multiple roads in Yenagoa. We have many concrete and street roads that were earth roads. Today, people can drive to their houses without parking vehicles on the roadside as we used to do when we had only the Mbiama-Yenagoa road.”
The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Sen. Douye Diri has said that the essence of leadership is to bring happiness to the people, and that is what he has done. The Governor stated this while speaking at the 12th Bayelsa Annual Thanksgiving Day at the Ecumenical Centre in Igbogene – Yenagoa. “I want to thank…
*Former President Inaugurates Road, Commends Gov, Predecessor For Continuity Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has praised Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, for his sterling performance saying that the state was making significant strides in all areas of development. He particularly commended the governor for consolidating the legacies of his predecessor, Senator Seriake…
