“Lucky-ere was a business woman and after the death of her husband, she took up the responsibility of supporting her three children and was able to sponsor their education. Today they are graduates.”
“Once, I asked him why he did not react violently when youths stormed the Government House to release their leaders detained there. He told me that he reacted differently because even as the military administrator, he did not want innocent blood to be spilled.”
“The Governor Diri Scrabble Championship was the focus for scrabble players across the world as it was going on in the Bayelsa capital. We succeeded in introducing technology to positively showcase Bayelsa and the governor’s contribution to human capacity development”
“Every year, since 2021, the Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship gets bigger and better. This year, the total prize money has again been raised to more than N10 million, with the star prize of one million naira for the Masters category winner.”
“We have greatly improved our crime fighting efforts using technology. In the recent kidnap of a serving judge in the state, we were able to get him released unhurt.
“I do not agree with anybody who refers to Bayelsa as small. Bayelsa is big enough. It is injustice for Bayelsa to have only eight local government areas while others that are not as big have more. Let us stand for one another. This country can only develop when we operate true federalism.”
While assuring residents of the state of their safety and security, Governor Diri restated his warning to criminally-minded individuals to steer clear of Bayelsa as his administration had invested much resources to guarantee peace and security of the state.
“Let me tell those that are either sponsors or are involved in the kidnap, it is time to give up. You cannot terrorise and intimidate your own people.”
“Once we are through with the power issue, we will ensure that water is made available in Yenagoa, Nembe and in most of our local government areas.”
the second phase of the road worth N120 billion was awarded by the President Bola Tinubu administration after several formal letters by his administration to the federal government were ignored by the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
