Bayelsa: Diri To Swear In 24 Commissioners Tuesday

Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, will on Tuesday, August 25, swear in the 24 members of his cabinet earlier screened and cleared by the state House of Assembly.

Daniel Alabrah, acting Chief Press Secretary to the governor disclosed this in a statement on Monday, August 24.

The inauguration is taking place seven months after Diri was sworn in as governor in the state.

The governor will be inaugurating the state executive council.

He forwarded the names of the commissioners-designate to the Assembly on August 12 and they were screened and cleared five days after.

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Five of the 24 cabinet members were former commissioners in the administration of former Governor Seriake Dickson.

The statement said the swearing-in ceremony would take place by noon at the Executive Chambers inside Government House, Yenagoa, the state capital.

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