Birthdays have a special way of reminding us how fortunate we are to share our lives with extraordinary individuals. As I reflect on this past year, I am filled with gratitude for the moments we’ve shared and the memories yet to be created. Your presence, whether physical or virtual, brought a warmth that enriched my day in ways I cannot fully express.
“The only thing that will speak for me, my deputy and most of us in this administration, is the legacy that we leave in terms of both human and material infrastructure. Developing the state is now in our hands and we will keep doing our best in the remaining three years so that when we leave, the state will continue to feel our impact having travelled this eight-year journey in service to people of Bayelsa State and Nigeria.”
“Upon receiving the news, the people of the town mobilised hundreds to pursue the group into the bush to recover the animals, leading to an exchange of gunfire between the locals and the group, resulting in the deaths of fifteen townspeople and two members of the Lakurawa group.”
“Economic Growth and Development Strategies in Resource-Rich Country,” your theme for this conference, is both relevant and timely.
We find ourselves at a pivotal moment in Nigeria’s journey toward sustainable development. Our nation brims with abundant resources, yet poverty and underdevelopment persist across countless communities; a striking paradox”.
As this dedicated member of Parliament continues to serve, he remains an invaluable asset to the people of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, advocating for their needs and supporting Governor Douye Diri’s administration in its quest for prosperity. We look forward to seeing further developments and community-oriented projects in the future.
“As editors and chief communicators in our society, you have the power to shine a light on these injustices. Therefore, we implore you as editors and influential voices to advocate for policies that prioritise sustainable development and empower local communities.”
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“The truth is that Bayelsa is the melting pot of all Ijaws. So, we came as a state delegation to appreciate the President for these very important appointments and we believe that our daughters and our sons will add value to his administration.”
“By the NDDC Act, the governors constitute the advisory committee of the commission. But for four years, and this is the fifth year, that has not been complied with. And that is why you see NDDC projects littered here and there because there is no coordination between the agency and governors of the region.”
Whether anybody likes it or not, he continued where Dickson stopped. If it were some other Governors, they would abandon those things and look for other ways, but the man continued. That singular action of the present governor is what I liked him about most, and I believe that I’m speaking the minds of several Bayelsans. Our problem was roads, how to get to the hinterlands. This time, our hinterlands are the riverine areas. So what I mean is roads, not only those three senatorial roads, he has extended off the three senatorial roads to reach out more into the depths of our rivers and seas. So his pattern, he went away from the normal way of once a new government comes, the old arrangements are gone, whether they were good or not.
