…as Denyanbofa, Warrens, Wodu, Okorotie also honoured
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Today, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, attended a grand reception honoring the Minister of Petroleum Resources(Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri in Ekeremor town, the headquarters of Ekeremor Local Government Area.
Also honoured were Elder Dimaro Denyanbofa, Bayelsa representative, NDDC Board, Mrs. Augusta Bekearedebo Warrens, Board Member, NCDMB, Kemasuode Wodu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Felix T. Okorotie, Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
The grand reception was organized to honour the illustrious sons and daughter of Ekeremor local government area who were appointed and promoted in positions of trust and service to Nigeria.
In his remarks, Gov. Diri thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Sen. Lokpobiri as minister and appreciated the people of Ekeremor for coming out in their numbers to honour their sons and daughter.
He also enjoined the people to desist from mundane political sentiments.
“Let me on behalf of the government and good people of Bayelsa State, thank profusely,the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Senator Heineken Lokpobiri as minister.
I want to also appreciate all of you for coming out in your numbers to honour Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and others. And I know they have what it takes to represent Bayelsa State.
Those of us who are from Ekeremor local government area, I beg of you, this is not the time for PDP or APC, it is time for governance. We don’t have differences, what we have is the development of Ekeremor LGA, Bayelsa State and Nigeria. We must remain one and united. We love one another”, Gov. Diri said.
Dignitaries at the reception include; Governor of Delta state, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass, ably represented by Hon. Imo Ugochinyere, Senator Benson Agadaga, representing Bayelsa East, Senator Sunday Katung, representing Kaduna South, Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Barr. Nyesom Wike, Hon. Fred Agbedi, representing Sagbama/Ekeremor federal constituency, Hon. Marie Ebikake, representing Brass/Nembe federal constituency, Hon. Rodney Ambaiowei, representing Southern Ijaw federal constituency, Hon. Julius Pondi, representing Burutu federal constituency, MD/CEO of NDDC, Chief Samuel Ogbuku, Speaker and Members of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, His Royal Majesty, Hon. Justice Francis Tabai(Rtd), Pere of Tuomo kingdom, captains of industries, senior citizens and top government officials.
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