The re-election bid of Governor Seriake Dickson come 2016, received a boost as members of the State House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a vote of confidence\u00a0on\u00a0his administration.<\/p>\n
The Governor had during the last Monthly Transparency Briefing commended the various groups in the state for endorsing him for a second term, stating that, their request would be prayerfully looked into and responded to at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n
Acknowledgement of the governor\u2019s efforts at transforming the state, especially in the areas of human capacity building was attested to by the lawmakers during the Governor\u2019s inspection of the re-modeled Assembly complex.<\/p>\n
Impressed by the developmental initiatives of the Governor Dickson led administration, the Deputy Speaker, Chief Victor Sam Ateki in a motion, which was supported by Hon. Jonathan Obuebite, representing Nembe constituency 1, was unanimously adopted by other members of the House.<\/p>\n
Chief Ateki said \u201cin the light of dwindling financial resources, Governor Dickson has performed creditably well beyond expectation in all the sectors of the economy and deserves a vote of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also, Speaker of the State Assembly, Hon.\u00a0Konbowei\u00a0Benson assured that, they would continue to work with the Executive Arm of Government to build a united, peaceful and prosperous state for the benefit of generations to come.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the achievements, he called for the cooperation of members to enable the restoration government of Governor Dickson achieve more, noting that the number of people-oriented motions and bills passed would not have been possible, without their loyalty and dedication.<\/p>\n
In their separate comments, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite, member representing Nembe constituency 1, Southern Ijaw Constituency 3, Hon. Daniel Igali, member representing Ekeremor Constituency 1, Hon. Agatha Goma, member representing Kolokuma\/Opokuma Constituency 1, Hon.\u00a0Tonye\u00a0Isenah among others endorsed Governor Dickson for another term in office.<\/p>\n
Responding, Governor Dickson expressed delight by their solidarity and support stating that, all Arms of Government were stable as \u201cthe days of politics of in-fighting in the Assembly were gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, \u201cworking together does not mean there will be no disagreements, but in doing so, you agree to move the state forward and in the past two and a half years, I have been a beneficiary of your support.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Daniel Iworiso-Markson<\/strong><\/p>\n Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The re-election bid of Governor Seriake Dickson come 2016, received a boost as members of the State House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a vote of confidence\u00a0on\u00a0his administration. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n