His Excellency, Diri Duoye
By Victory Useh, Yenagoa
Bayelsa State is agog ahead of activities marking the second anniversary in office of Governor Douye Diri.
The Tide reported that Governor Diri would be two years in office on February 14 but the anniversary activities commenced on Monday, February 7.
Amongst dignitaries expected to inaugurate and flag off projects in commemoration of the anniversary are Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; former President Goodluck Jonathan, Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors as well as the National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu.
Others expected to grace the anniversary celebration are former Governor of the state, Senator Seriake Dickson, members of the National Assembly, religious and traditional leaders.
A statement by the State Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Ayibaina Duba, who also serves as chairman of the Media/Publicity Committee of the event, stated that the celebrations would last for two weeks in which there would be inauguration of projects by President, Goodluck Jonathan, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Makinde; their counterparts from Akwa Ibom State; Udom Emmanuel. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State respectively.
The statement added that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will perform the historic flag-off of the bridge construction project linking Oporoma, headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area from Angiama Community on the Yenagoa-Oporoma road on the 17th day of February.
Duba noted that projects scheduled for inauguration include the Bayelsa mega media complex housing the state radio and television stations as well as the newspaper corporation.
