Gov. Diri signs 2024 Budget, Electricity Bill

...thanks Bayelsans for their support

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri today, Signed the 2024 budget of N489,443,632,374.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty-Nine Billion, Four Hundred and Forty-Three Million, Six Hundred and Thirty-Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Seventy -Four Naira) into law.

This budget, titled "Sustainable and Shared Prosperity", encapsulates the mandate and essence of the Government of Prosperity to create favourable conditions and opportunities for all Bayelsans.

While signing the bill in Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Diri, thanked the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere and members of the Assembly for putting the people first and for timely passage of the bill.

The governor also thanked the people of the state for endorsing the government of prosperity for a second term.

He further called on members of the state assembly, public servants and the people of the state to join hands with the government in implementing the programs and projects of government.

"In order to realise our vision of sustainable and shared prosperity, we have carefully crafted this budget to prioritize key sectors aimed at improving our infrastructure, expanding access to mass education with emphasis on Technical and Vocational Manpower Development, enhance healthcare services, and promote agriculture as a means of creating employment opportunities and reducing poverty", he stated.

The Governor also signed the 2023 electricity bill into law to make room for private investments into power generation in Bayelsa State.

With all this billion poverty rate have never improved over the years