Key actors in Bayelsa State, have decided to set aside their political affiliations and joined hands to ensure that the State stands tall with quality development among the committee of Nigerian states.
This was the overriding message at a town hall meeting in Yenagoa, where leaders of the state gathered to discuss the way forward for a more prosperous Bayelsa.
They all agreed at the gathering that, despite being one of the largest crude oil and natural gas producing states in Nigeria, development in Bayelsa state was not commesurate with its natural deposits.
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This disturbing topical dilemma brought both the State Governor Douye Diri from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva a well-known APC member, federal and state lawmakers to the same table.
Participants all forgot about politics to highlight other key areas of development which they say the state is in dire need of the federal government’s attention.
The inaugural town hall meeting said to be a recurring activity, seek to ensure resolutions to issues of interest that will benefit the state and well being of its people.
(Edited by : Tunde Orebiyi)
