Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has expressed appreciation to former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha,
over the creation of the state 25 years ago on October 1, 1996.

Diri said the Ijaw people remain grateful to the late Nigerian leader for that singular decision regardless of factors that could
have hindered the state’s creation.

A statement quoted the governor to have said this yesterday, during a thanksgiving service on Nigeria’s 61st independence and Bayelsa State’s 25th anniversary, held at the King of Glory Chapel in Government House, Yenagoa.

The statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as eulogising Abacha, emphasising that the late Head of State remains a hero to people of the state and indeed the Ijaw nation.

He said: “Let me use this medium to thank one man. He may not be popular in Nigeria but to me and all of us Bayelsans, we see him as a great man, a hero. The man who by the stroke of the pen signed
the creation of Bayelsa State. I am talking about the late General Sani Abacha.

“We acknowledge him as a state and people. By his singular assent, he created this state with just eight local government areas, which was less than the constitutional requirements.”

Speaking on Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary, the Bayelsa governor called on the federal government to ensure
justice and equity in the distribution of resources in the country.

Diri expressed dissatisfaction with the present lopsided federal structure where the federal government takes resources from states and decides what is given to each state at the end of every month.

He said if the country was allowed to practice true federalism, it would enable the states as federating units to control
their resources and contribute to the central government.

He also expressed belief that Nigeria would be a great country if there was justice and equity as each state had abundant resources that could be harnessed for development of the country.

He called for amendment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to increase the three per cent allotted to host communities to 10 per cent as well as include states and local governments as trustees in implementation of the host community fund.

Describing the Act as a recipe for anarchy in the Niger Delta, Diri said the exclusion of states and local governments in the implementation of the law would give room to unscrupulous elements to capitalise on the loopholes and cause crisis in communities as it would be
difficult to determine host communities.

“I call on Mr. President to ensure that there is justice, equity and fairness in the distribution of resources in our dear country. Let there be a new wind in the governance of this country. The PIA is not just and equitable to the people of the Niger Delta and Bayelsa State.

“If the Act will be implemented
successfully, let me call on Mr President to also send another amendment bill to include the states and local governments
in the administration of the law,” he added.

The governor urged Bayelsans to
celebrate and appreciate their past and present leaders, saying that each leader had contributed in various ways to develop of the state.

He acknowledged that more needed to be done in terms of development but that the state had witnessed a lot of development compared to what it was.

The governor, who called on Bayelsans to pray for good leaders, also charged leaders at various levels to work hard to
bequeath a prosperous society by doing the right things.



https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/09/28/bayelsa-at-25-late-abacha-remains-our-hero-says-diri/

Before nko? So u, and other emperors of the state would have opportunity to steal. Without state creation, most governor's would not have tasted power

Vickyvice:
Before nko? So u, and other emperors of the state would have opportunity to steal. Without state creation, most governor's would not have tasted power

We don't need to have more than 10 states in Nigeria, with a lot of independent Local Government areas.

One man hero can be another man villian.

Abacha almost made Nigeria slip into a civil war because of his ambition to become the civilian president.

No Nigerian politician or military personnel from any geopolitical region can rule Nigeria indefinitely.

The tyrant who murdered so many people for nothing is now their hero. I said it that living in a riverine area and eating too much fish, has its side effects...and this is it. You begin to reason like a fish, urself.

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AntiBMC:
The tyrant who murdered so many people for nothing is now their hero. I said it that living in a riverine area and eating too much fish, has its side effects...and this is it. You begin to reason like a fish, urself.

stop talking rubbish... your hero is not my hero....
abacha done good thing to we Ijaws..... if he had done wrong to you, thats your own cup of tea....

Captain8:
stop talking rubbish... your hero is not my hero....
abacha done good thing to we Ijaws..... if he had done wrong to you, thats your own cup of tea....

Caman shatap there. Fulani scvm. You're claiming ijaw now? What else is expected from a parasitic tribe who leave their identities, to steal identities of other tribes. Good-for-nothing landgrabbers.

AntiBMC:


Caman shatap there. Fulani scvm. You're claiming ijaw now? What else is expected from a parasitic tribe who leave their identities, to steal identities of other tribes. Good-for-nothing landgrabbers.

you are larger fool oo....
abacha remain we Ijaw hero

AdakaBoro8:
you are larger fool oo....
abacha remain we Ijaw hero

Nd u are a monumental fo0l. Fulani slime claiming ijaw. You are what you eat, no wonder u are so full of BS.

AntiBMC:


Nd u are a monumental fo0l. Fulani slime claiming ijaw. You are what you eat, no wonder u are so full of BS.

well, for your information abacha created bayelsa for us to have an homogenos Ijaw state to called our own and their to fund our IYC INC.......despite am from delta Ijo, bayelsa is our home.....
God blessed abacha for this state he created for us..... Every Ijaw men and women celebrate abacha..... Abacha is our hero.... If you like commit suicide.... Diri our governor just tell you the truth.....

AdakaBoro8:
well, for your information abacha created bayelsa for us to have an homogenos Ijaw state to called our own and their to fund our IYC INC.......despite am from delta Ijo, bayelsa is our home.....
God blessed abacha for this state he created for us..... Every Ijaw men and women celebrate abacha..... Abacha is our hero.... If you like commit suicide.... Diri our governor just tell you the truth.....

So in ur left mind now, I'd calm down and read rvbbish written from ur sh*t-filled brain? U b mumv. Abeg getat.