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The Katsina State renowned politician who was a gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the preparations for 2019 Elections,  Alh. Umar Abdullahi Tsauri Tata, had today officially decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC).   Katsina Media and Publicity reports that this was disclosed while he was meeting with his media team across the 34 Local Government Areas of Katsina State at the Saidu Barde House, the former Katsina State Government House, Katsina.    Tata said that the APC have been in love with him for long while the PDP he was in never loved him, adding that he was the only one that loved the party.   Tata also attested to the integrity and sincerity of Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari citing relevant examples of good deeds of the Governor in the state and made a comparative analysis with the former dictator,  Shema.   @katgovmedia reports that he handed over his media team to the Director General; Media and Publicity to the Gove

  ...Distributes  relief materials  to affected communities       The Bayelsa State Government has directed immediate closure of all schools in the state as a precautionary measure to avoid loss of lives in the current flooding in the state.   The decision was reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, who also set up a special committee to facilitate prompt and effective response to the flood emergency in the state.   The Commissioner for  Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Saturday that the highest decision making body in the state also directed the Ministry of Health to set up an emergency health response unit in the state to mitigate the effect of the flood on the people.   Iworiso-Markson said that the Emergency Health Response Unit  of the Ministry of Health was designed to monitor and prevent the outbreak of diseases like ch

The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has reassured that the APC Administration would continue to evolve social security systems to reduce poverty in the country.      Katsina Media and Publicity reports that, Masari was speaking during the launching of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Rimi, Rimi Local Government Area. The Governor observed that government could not provide adequate security in a society with people afflicted by poverty.            He explained that the APC social security system is similar to the programmes being implemented in advanced and Arab worlds to cushion the effects of poverty, which influences the youths to engage in antisocial vices such as armed robbery, banditry and above all insurgency. Masari announced that; in the future, the programme will be assisting unemployed people and those with no skills that are above the age of 18, adding that the programme will overlook partisanship and religious dogma in assisting t

...Says Lokpobiri's N800 BN Debt Claim Disgraceful   The Bayelsa State Government has announced the receipt of N24.16 billion from the Paris Club debt refund. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Markson Iworiso-Markson made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. He said that the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson had directed immediate payment of two out of the outstanding three months salary arrears to workers and four out seven months pension arrears in the state. Iworiso-Markson described the recent N800 billion debt claim by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, as disgraceful and unexpected of a person occupying his exalted position. He said that it was queer and indeed sad that a Minister could quote wild debt figures with the intent to mislead the public and discredit the government. The commissioner said that while the state government got N21.94 billion, the local government areas received N2.2

The Bayelsa State Government has dismissed rumours making the rounds that the salary arrears of workers will be paid by reducing two steps based on the report of the Committee on Commencement and Progression. The Head of the Civil Service, Rev. Thomas Zidafamo said there is no truth in it as those spreading the falsehood are only interested in using that to discredit the government. In a statement on Monday, Rev. Zidafamo called on workers to discountenance the rumour as the government had never at anytime contemplated taken such decision. He explained that the State Government is taking steps to ensure the payment of the arrears without the so-called purported deductions and very soon it will meet that obligation. While maintaining that the rumour is intended to establish a frosty relationship between the government, workers in the state and the organized Labour, the Head of Service urged them to disregard the false information.

The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has today sworn in 2 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries into the Katsina State Civil Service, the event took place at the Muhammadu Buhari House, the seat of Katsina State Government. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the newly sworn in permanent secretaries are Mal. Muntari Danladi, who hails from Funtua Local Government Area, and Garba Ahmed ‘Yantumaki, who hails from Dan musa LGA. Muntari, was a retired civil servant but was recalled based on the good recommendations of his coworkers at his immediate past places of assignment. Masari who was reacting to his reinstatement said “I could not remember seeing his face any were" adding, “we do this to encourage those that are still at the service of the state”. Adding further, he said, “We are not being sentimental on any appointment, rather we are being objective, because ours is to deliver service to the people of Katsina State irrespective of who you a

The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari had today stated that the current Change Agenda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which is restoring the  whole system of the country from bad style of leadership and setting path development of Nigeria and Katsina State is not in anyway something very easy. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that Masari disclosed this while receiving the leadership of Aminu Bello Masari Volunteers Concern Civil Servants today at the Muhammadu Buhari House, the seat of Katsina State Government. Masari attributed the challenges currently being faced now as systemic decay in leadership as well as lack of fear of Allah (S.W.T.). He said, “The moment a leader does not think of the legacies he leaves behind, and the fear of God as he will be asked, then there is a problem". The Governor commended the Civil Servants for having such a forum, adding that each of them has a responsibility to move the State forward as Civil Servants.

The Bayelsa State Government has described the claim by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr. Heineken Lokpobiri, that the state government owes N800 billion as pathetic and the manifestation of a mind in custody of a raving hallucination. The State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, said in a statement on Tuesday, that the claim that the state government had borrowed N800 billion only portrayed the depth of ignorance of Lokpobiri about governance in his state. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, on Wednesday, the Governor expressed shock that somebody of the status of a minister could show a demeaning lack of capacity for a simple research to arrive at the truth in the interest of the general good. The governor described the minister's claim as a manifestation of the peaking frustration of a diaspora politician who has alienated himself from the state and lack the capacity to actualize his political dream to go

Deputy Senate President, Professor Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its decision to ban the use of smart phones at polling units, describing the move as unconstitutional and unacceptable. Senator Ekweremadu made the comment while speaking to journalists during a condolence visit to the Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, at his country home in Toru-Orua community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state on the demise of his 72-year-old mother, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson. The governor's Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted Ekweremadu to have said the ban would go against provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, which gave room for freedom of communication, expression as well as freedom of the press, noting that Nigerians are free to express themselves through the media and free speech. The Deputy Senate President explained that the National Assembly was again worki

His service exemplary - Gov. Dickson Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has commended the immediate past acting Director General of the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Mr Matthew Seiyefa, for what he described as an exemplary national service. He said in recognition of his meritorious service to the nation, the state government will honour him at a grand reception soon. Mr Seiyefa, who served as acting DG for a brief period after the sacking of Lawal Daura, was last week replaced by Yusuf Bichi, a retired director of the service. Governor Dickson in a press release by his Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, said Seiyefa, who hails from Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, is a quintessential Ijaw man and a great ambassador of Bayelsa. He said the former DSS boss had a distinguished and meritorious 35 years of service to the nation for which the Ijaw nation is proud. "Within such a short period that he headed th

The Governor of Sokoto, the Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday gave insight into how former President Goodluck Jonathan became Acting President through the popular Doctrine òf Necessity. Tambuwal said that the Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, approached him in the heat of the tension that followed the incapacitation and death of former President Umoru Yar’Adua, in 2010, to work out the process that culminated in the emergence of Jonathan as Acting President. A statement by Governor Dickson’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that Tambuwal spoke during a condolence visit to the country home of Governor Dickson, Toru Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. Tambuwal said that Dickson persuaded him to accept the plan to make Jonathan Acting President in the interest of national unity which he obliged as the then leader of the North West caucus in the House òf Representatives. According to him, the two gove

The Katsina State Governor, Rt.Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has today submitted his nomination form for reelection as the State Governor for the second time in 2019. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the Governor arrived APC National headquarters Abuja at around 4pm amidst mammoths of crowd chanting support. Masari was welcomed by the APC National Party Chairman, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomole, APC National Secretary Maimala Buni, Senate leader Ahmed Lawan. The Governor was also in  company of his Deputy, QS. Munnir Yakubu, M.D Port Authority  Hadiza Bala Usman, Secretary to the State Government (SGS) Mustapha Inuwa, and other members of the State and federal Executive and Legislative Councils as well as the business mogul Alh. Dahiru Bara'u Mangal. The Governor, who made a short presentation assured the party chairman of winning the 2019 elections, adding that "we in Katsina State are 100% APC” establishing the recent APC victory in Daura Bye-Election in the stat

...accuses Buhari of allowing Sylva, Lokpobiri to unleash mayhem on state                                                      Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has directed the security agencies in the state to arrest and prosecute the legislator representing the Brass Constituency 1 in the state House of Assembly, Israel Sunny-Goli .                                                               He warned that if Sunny-Goli is not arrested and prosecuted by the law enforcement agencies, he would personally mobilise the people of the state to arrest him.                                                             The governor stressed that the police authorities and the Department of State Services (DSS) had failed to arrest the lawmaker despite the plethora of petitions against him in the state because he belonged to the All Progressives Congress (APC).                                                     Governor Dickson in a rare press release by

Friends of governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday commiserated with him on the death of his mother, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson popularly called Mama Gogo, with a call on him to immortalise her by inaugurating a peace prize. They said that although this is a trying moment of the governor and his family, they were consoled by the fact that Mama Gogo lived a fulfilled life which has been known to be exemplary and honourable. Dickson’s friends under the aegis of Concerned Nigerians for Dickson (CNFD), expressed these feelings in a statement signed by its President, Raphael Okonkwo Ohioya and Secretary-General, Rose (Adah) Dikeocha. The document reads: “Your Excellency, we the undersigned on behalf of Concerned Nigerians for Dickson (CNFD), whose members cut across the length and breadth of Nigeria, commiserate with you on the death of your mother and matriarch of the Dickson’s dynasty, Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson popularly called Mama Gogo, whose exit from the sinful w

Ordinarily, I would not have responded to the recent shenanigans of the Katsina state PDP chairman Salisu Majigiri, accusing the administration of Governor Aminu Bello Masari of non performance in spite of the huge resources realized in the last three years. However, in order to put the records straight as well as dismissed the venomous utterances of the chairman of the failed political party,I feel I should respond to such gullible, premeditated and orchestrated campaign of calumny, blackmail and the pool him mentality syndrome for which Mr Majigiri was known for since their kleptocratic period in governance prior to their overwhelming defeat in 2015 . Majigiri in his usual characteristic rhetorical flamboyance has opened his venomous mouth to accused the administration of Aminu  Bello Masari of wrong doing emphasizing that the government has realized hundreds of billions of Naira since inception in May 2015 but without commensurate projects on ground. Let me make it categor

Contemporary Governance are mostly determine by a political system in Nigeria through the choice of the people; DEMOCRACY!. Thence, Democracy is a system of government in which individual choice determines who head the affairs of the state in a political system. Parties are used as platform for contestation, hence, the availability of a number of aspirants, what now make one victorious over others is his ability to convince the electorate on the dividends promises on assuming political power . The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari was an Aspirant in 2015, he had gone round the state and Embarked on a number of promises whom since Assumption had never relented to ensuring them fulfilled. In ensuring the fulfilments, he had embark on a mission and vision of repositioning Katsina. He inherited a state fraught with poverty, bad educational condition, crippled agriculture, contractors areas, pensioners debt aside debts on salaries and so on. Undoubtedly, solv

A Katsina States based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Daura Emirate Youth Progressive Movement (DEYPM), says it earmarked N70M to prosecute the electioneering campaign of President Muhammadu Buhari and Rt. Hon. Aminu Masari towards the 2019 general elections. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that Alhaji Abdulkadir Lawal, the Zonal Chairman of the NGO, made the disclosure in an interview at Daura on Saturday. Lawal said that out of the amount, N40M would be spent on the presidential campaign for Buhari and N30M for the re-election of Masari. He said the money was sourced from contributions from individuals, groups and organisations with a view to facilitating the electioneering campaigns of the two political office holders. @katgovmedia reports that, Lawal explained that the money would be spent on hiring of vehicles, provision of logistics and other necessary campaign activities within the five local government areas in Daura emirate. He said the movement arrived

The Katsina State stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress(APC),has adopted the indirect primaries for the forth coming primary elections of the party nationwide. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that the primary elections of the All Progressives Congress is schedule to commence by the end of this month. Recall that our correspondents had earlier reported that the APC constitution has granted each state the freedom to determine their mode of Primaries. @katgovmedia reports that the stake holders meeting which was just concluded had also endorsed Muhammadu Buhari and Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari as their candidates for President and Governor respectively. Director General Katsina Media & Publicity Ibrahim M Abdullah 6th September 2018

                                                              Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, Thursday, flagged off the disbursement of the  Child/Female Teacher Trainee Scholarships Scheme and school improvements grant at the Local Government Secretariat of Rimi. Katsina Media and Publicity reports that Masari who lauched the fund, cautioned the  Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education to ensure that the money reaches the real destination, instructing the use of banks account. Masari further appealed to the beneficiaries to stay where the purpose of their training was,  cautioning with seriousness the Commissioner of Education and Chairman of SUBEB to make sure teachers are not only based in the urban areas. @katgivmedia reports that the Commissioner of Education, Ass. Professor Badamasi Lawal Charanchi, narrated that the Katsina State Government had expended the whooping sum of N5bn in providing infrastructure for education addin

.........submits nomination forms ..........promises good representation Key members of Governor Seraike Dickson's Restoration Team on Thursday submitted their nomination forms for the National Assembly seats on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).t the PDP Secretariat in Yenegoa. They include a close confidant of the  State Governor and Commissioner for Works, Barrister Lawrence Ewrudjakpo, the Speaker, House of Assembly,Rt. Hon. Kombowei Benson, lawmakers representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma and Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal constituencies, Hon. Douye Diri and Fred Agbedi as well as former Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government  Prof Steve Azaiki. The aspirants alongside their teeming supporters on Thursday defied heavy down pour to submit their nomination and intent forms ahead party primaries slated for the end of the month. The party leadership prior to the shift in the date of the submission had earlier fixed the date for the purchase and submiss

The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon.  Aminu Bello Masari had presided over the 6th State Executive Council Meeting of the 2018 held at the Muhammadu Buhari House, the seat of Katdina State Government.                     Katsina Media and Publicity reports that at the end of the meeting, the state commissioner of information, culture and home affairs, Alhaji Hamza Muhammad Borodo with his fellow commissioner of housing and transport, Engr. Tasi'u Dandagoro briefed journalists on the outcome of the meeting. Borodo announced that the council had approved for 16 civil servants to proceed on training in various higher institutions of learning across Nigeria. This, he said was in line with efforts of the Masari administration to ensure effective service delivery and enhance better performance. On his part, Engr. Tasi'u Dandagoro explained that the council reviewed contracts so far awarded by the present administration to improve the wellbeing of the electorates in the

The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the police authorities to apologize Nigerians over the unfortunate assault on the privacy of Ijaw National Leader and former Federal Commissioner,nPa Edwin Clark, by policemen on Tuesday. The Governor condemned in strong terms the police raid on the Abuja residence  of Ijaw National Leader and Elder Statesman, Pa Edwin Clark. A statement by Special Adviser to the Governor of Media Relations quoted him as having described the police action as reprehensible, shocking and condemnable. He said that the smacks of so much desperation, callousness and insensitivity in a country under democratic governance. Governor Dickson said that Police action showed lack of respect for leaders in Nigeria  and the people of the Niger Delta  who have made continued efforts to ensure the prevalence of peace in the region. The Governor wondered how the police and indeed any security agency could associate a 92 yea