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90% Of Defectors Are Not Real Members Of PDP, Says Dickson

October 24, 2019 3:57 pm

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the purported members of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the All Progressives Congress are not true members of PDP.

The Governor said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Thursday, that the defectors were elements within the party who were engrossed in internal sabotage activities against the party.

He said that most of the defectors who formed an opposition group within the PDP actually supported the Action Democratic Congress in the last election while the rest refused to work for …

Dickson Swears In New Special Advisers, Two Commissioners

October 16, 2019 3:56 am

Thirty-one days to the Bayelsa gubernatorial election and less than four months to the end of his second term tenure as governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has sworn in 60 new special advisers and two new commissioners in his cabinet.

Their mandate, according to the governor, is to deliver the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) standard-bearer, Senator Douye Diri and his running mate, Senator Lawrence Ewhrujakpo, in their various wards and constituencies in the November 16, 2019 governorship election.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, in a statement yesterday, said that the appointees were put through some …

Gov Dickson offers automatic employment to 102 PhD holders

July 6, 2019 12:57 pm

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has offered automatic employment to 336 professionals from various disciplines including 102 PhD holders.

A breakdown of the 336 beneficiaries showed that 102 PhD holders drawn from the state and other Ijaw-speaking communities across the country were absorbed as lecturers into the state-owned tertiary institutions.

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, said Dickson presented employment letters to the beneficiaries on Saturday.

The governor named other beneficiaries as 60 medical doctors, 54 master’s degree holders and 119 first class graduates.

Dickson said his administration was working hard to lay a solid …

Dickson provides automatic jobs to Ijaw PhD holders

May 3, 2019 10:04 am

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has offered automatic employments to all PhD holders from Bayelsa State and Ijaw indigenes in other states across the country.

The governor clarified the beneficiaries of the offer were Ijaws from Ondo, Edo, Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said Dickson made the announcement while inaugurating the Committee for the Employment of Ph.D holders across Ijaw land.

Dickson declines signing life pension bill for lawmakers

April 30, 2019 4:11 am

Law will deepen poverty, says group as HURIWA seeks EFCC’s probe
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has declined signing the bill seeking life pension for former lawmakers as proposed and passed by the state House of Assembly last week.

The bill has caused ripples and attracted condemnation from Bayelsa people, as well as civil society groups, who were planning a showdown with lawmakers.

Commissioner for Information, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, yesterday quoted Dickson as saying that he conveyed the decision to decline assent to the Bill in a letter to Speaker of the House of Assembly.