Skip to main content

Alamieyeseigha's Legacies Speak For Him, Says Diri

 


 Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the late Chief Diepriye Alamieyeseigha's name continues to positively resonate six years after his demise due to the developmental projects he embarked on as governor of the state. 


 Governor Diri stated this on Sunday at the 6th memorial anniversary of the late politician at Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state. He said as a visionary leader, one of the legacies of the late governor was the establishment of the Niger Delta University (NDU), which has helped to bridge the manpower deficit in the state.


 He also stated that another major contribution of the late Governor General of the Ijaw nation was his advocacy for resource control by oil producing states. While calling on Bayelsans to celebrate their leaders, the governor urged all to work together for the development of the state, adding that the politics of bitterness and division would only pull the state backward. His words: "We came again to remember him on the sixth year that this man trod on earth. He saw, conquered and left us. "Chief Alamieyeseigha contributed to the growth and development of Bayelsa. That is why we will continue to celebrate him as a government and as a people. "Alamieyeseigha was a visionary leader. That was why he established NDU that now addresses the manpower development challenge of Bayelsa State


If you go to our ministries today and even the private sector, you will discover that most of the employees are products of NDU. "He is no longer physically present but his works will continue to speak for him." The Bayelsa helmsman also thanked the member representing Southern Ijaw Constituency 1 in the House of Assembly, Felix Bonny Ayah, for honouring Chief Alamieyeseigha with a statue in Amassoma. 


 He appreciated Ayah's personal and constituency developmental projects and advised other legislators to emulate him. Earlier, Felix Ayah disclosed that the statue was not a constituency project but his own contribution to honour the late hero and political icon. Speaking on behalf of the family, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Akpoebidei Alamieyeseigha, thanked Governor Diri for fulfilling his promise that the state would take over the planning of the annual memorial anniversary celebration of the late governor. Highpoint of the celebration was the unveiling of the statue and laying of wreath at the tomb of the deceased by Governor Diri. 
 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bayelsa Govt. seals off Agip facility

The Bayelsa State government has sealed the premises of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Oil and Gas facility, in Egbebiri, a Biseni Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Chairman of Bayelsa State Physical Planning and Development Board, Hon. Ebi Waribigha, said the sealing of the facility followed an eviction order issued by the State Physical Planning and Development Tribunal in Yenagoa. The eviction order had granted the government of Bayelsa State leave to effect the eviction of Agip and all occupants of the premises to enable the Physical Planning and Development Board to conduct environmental, health, technical integrity and safety checks at the facility. The facility was reportedly built without a building permit as required by the Bayelsa State Physical Planning and Development Law (2015). The court had also directed the Commissioner of Police, the Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and all security agencies to facilitate the enforc...
Post a Comment
Read more

Osinbajo’s Copter Crash: GOV Dickson urges Nigerians to Thank God for averting National Tragedy

Post a Comment
Read more

SYLVA, A DESPERATE POLITICIAN UNDER THREAT FROM HIS CONSCIENCE - DICKSON

...SAY HE RUNS WHEN NOBODY PURSUES HIM The Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday described former Governor Timipre Sylva as an unpopular and desperate politician whose conscience remains his greatest threat. Dickson said in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, that Sylva cuts the gnawing image of a troubled man screaming and fleeing at the sight of nobody. Dickson was reacting to a claim by Sylva that the governor was behind a plot to pitch the Chief òf Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari, against him through orchestrated media reports. Soriwei said that Governor Dickson is too involved and indeed occupied with the execution of the mandate the Bayelsa people gave to him, to be distracted by the hallucinations of a politician whose lifeline in politics was the state òf the mood of his political masters. The Governor’s media Aide said that it was queer and absurd that Sylva did not point to any p...
Post a Comment
Read more