Niger Delta
Bayelsa Fixes Council Poll For April 2010
Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) has fixed April 3, 2010 as the date for the conduct of local Government Election in eight constitutionally recognised councils of the state.
The councils had been without elected chairmen and councillors for the past three years of Chief Timipre Sylva’s administration.
Apart from non release of fund by the State Government to organise council elections, the opposition parties, had also gone to court to challenge the composition of BSIEC members which they said were all card carrying members of the ruling peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Briefing newsmen last weekend, the chairman of BSIEC, Chief Akpoabode Yingomone said the commission will meet the 13 visible political parties and other stakeholders this week to collect guidelines for the conduct of the polls.
He said the suit challenging their membership of the commission has been withdrawn, and the matter struck out, saying that non-of them is a card carrying member of any political party.
The chairman, however lamented that out of N900 million applied for the State government only approved N225 million which is inadequate for conducting the election.
Chief Yingomone said the commission hopes to dialogue with the state government in this regard, assuring political parties that the election would be free and fair.
According to him, security would be beefed up around the local government council headquarters during the elections to avoid breakdown of law and order and applied to Bayelsan for support and co-operation within the period of the election.
Niger Delta
Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

The Chairman of Tai Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon. Matthew Nenu Bari Dike has declared a state of emergency in the agriculture sector of Tai local government.
Speaking while distributing farm implements and other agricultural support packages to the farmers at the council’s headquarters in Saakpenwa, yesterday, Dike challenged farmers to show their farms before requesting for financial assistance.
The council boss stated that as a government, they were committed to putting smiles on the faces of the people and assured that his administration would ensure that every person in the local government is happy.
“As a government we want to assure you that, we will stop at nothing to ensure you all are empowered and living happily”.
According to him, “the gesture is aimed at enhancing food production and security through agriculture, and enjoined all lovers of agriculture in the local government area to identify with the quest to redefine development through agriculture in the local government.
He encouraged everyone to cultivate the passion and return to agriculture, to guarantee self-reliance, maximum food production and security in the area.
His administration, he said, would purchase more yam seedlings in order to get greater production to encourage exportation beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“A boost in yam production will also empower farmers in the Local Government Area”, the elated chairman said.
In a related development, the Chairman has inaugurated a five, member Agricultural Technical Committee for the Local Government Area.
The committee is made up of Pst. Anderson Wariboko, Barr. Paul Newman,, Smith Nyor-Ue, Gladys Jumbo and Dr Keke Rammyson
Also speaking, the Director of Agriculture, Tai Local Government Area, Mr Anderson Wariboko revealed that the event was part of activities to mark the chairman’s 100 days in office.
Wariboko who led the chairman, and other leaders of the council on the distribution of the farm inputs to the farmers, was full of praises for the chairman, Hon. Dike whom he said has the interest of the people at heart.
Kiadum Edookor
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