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We Won’t Cut Salaries, Diri Assures Bayelsa Workers

… As State Revises 2020 Budget to N183bn from N242bn By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, allayed fears of an impending salary cut for civil servants in the state due to the drop in monthly revenue occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor gave …

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Bayelsa Gets 32nd Police Commissioner

By Amos Odeh,Yenagoa Bayelsa State Police command Friday received its newly redeployed commissioner, CP Mike Okoli. Speaking to newsmen after addressing men and officers of the command, the Police commissioner assured their readiness to fight crime and criminality in the state. He stressed that the command under him would partner …

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LG Minimum Wage: Bayelsa Govt Sets Up 18-Man Committee

By Amos Odeh, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government has set up an 18-member committee to look into the issues of promotion and minimum wage raised by labour unions in the interest of industrial harmony in the state. The state governor, Senator Douye Diri, inaugurated the committee headed by the secretary to …

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