Tag Archives: Seriake Dickson

FAAC : Labour urges Bayelsa govt to source funds for November salary

The Bayelsa State Government has been urged to seek alternative funding to pay the November salaries pending reconciliation of figures by Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for the month in question. The advise was given by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Bayelsa, on Wednesday. Bayelsa chapter Chairman of TUC, Tari Dounana, made the suggestion against the backdrop of a ...

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Recession: Agriculture is the only alternative to oil – Dickson

Bayelsa Governor, Seriake Dickson on Monday said investment in the agriculture sector was the only alternative ticket that could take Nigeria out of its current recession, instead of dependence on oil. The governor made the assertion at Igbogene, a suburb in the outskirts of Yenagoa, during the 21st Farmers’ Day celebration under the auspices of Nigerian Agip Oil Company’s(NAOC) Green ...

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Africa’s biggest Petrochemical Plant to create 20,000 jobs in Bayelsa

The  Executive Vice Chairman, Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Plant, Ben Okoye says the $3.6 billion plant is expected to generate 15,000 jobs at the construction stage and 20, 000 at  the completion stage. Okoye made this known on Wednesday in Yenagoa while receiving the certificate of occupancy for the land allocated for the plant construction on Brass Island in Brass ...

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