Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has sent the names of 24 commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation as members of the state executive council. This request is coming six months after Diri was sworn in as Governor of the State, on February 14, following the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the election of David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Interestingly, five nominees on the list, Mr Maxwell Ebibai, Mr Daniel Igali, Ms Faith Opene, Dr Igwele Newton and Mr Akpoebidei Alamieyeseigha, served as commissioners during the administration of his predecessor, former Governor Seriake Dickson. From the list, however, three nominees are from the Brass Local Government Area; three from Ekeremor LGA; two from Diri’s LGA of Kolokuma/Opokuma and three from Nembe LGA; three from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s Ogbia LGA. Also, three persons are nominated from Dickson’s council of Sagbama; four people nominated from Southern Ijaw LGA and three persons from Yenagoa LGA.
