The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry
Seriake Dickson has urged the people of his state to listen to President
Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the nation’s economy which he said is broke, ITRealms reports.
Dickson was speaking during his
charge to the new Special Advisers at Government House, Yenagoa, Wednesday
saying the way out of the present economic depression is diversification of the
economy oil and gas sector of the economy.
“Investors who want to do business
in Nigeria are entitled to know the true state of our economy. Let me use this
opportunity to call on all Bayelsans to listen to what the President has said
that the entire country is broke. He has made us understand that the financial
situation that we are managing is a national phenomenon. It is not peculiar to
Bayelsa.
”For the allocation of last month, the
Federation Account Allocation Committee could not meet until the past month
because they didn’t have money to share to the state and , even when they met
for the first time since I took over as governor, states have started getting
zero allocation.
However, even in the midst of that
we are managing to pay salaries. Even in this terrible month, we’ve directed
that by Monday salaries of workers should be paid,” he stated.
In his charge to the new appointees,
ITRealms gathered, the governor told them to bring their wealth of
experience to bear in the present administration’s efforts to consolidate on
its achievements. According to him, the new aides are coming into government at
a crucial moment of election and, therefore, urged them to join forces with
other critical stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) to mobilize
support for the party in the forthcoming election.
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