The Bayelsa economy is very stable. Inflation rate has been stable so does the prices of commodities. Consumer behaviour has changed and emphasis has shifted from luxuries to necessaries. The phenomenon of reckless spending has been checked because monies are invested in the real sectors of the economy. “The success story in Bayelsa State is a function of prudence, financial discipline, transparency, accountability and value-reorientation. Those who are used to the unedifying culture of sharing money without working are pained, but they also acknowledge that Restoration is working”

The Restoration Administration came on stream with a mission to fast-track the development of Bayelsa State. This is against the background of the development lag the State had experienced in the past years. The administration fixed peace and security, infrastructural development and embarked on aggressive human capital development.

The Restoration Administration is anchored on ten pillars

1. Efficiency: In the optimization of human, material and fiscal resources to achieve results.

2. Transparency in terms of conducting governmental businesses.

3. Accountability in terms of accuracy in keeping government official transactions and making such record available got public scrutiny.

4. Policy and programme implementation in accordance to the policy thrust of government.

5. Participation in Government that is involving people in the process of taking decision. Most public policies and now owned and driven by the people thelselves.

6. Fiscal Discipline in term of budget implementation to meet government long, medium and short term targets and to build trust that money is spent in the right way.

7. Performance and merit-driven system where work ethics has been vivified

8. Budget Implementation: The degree to which Ministries and Parastatals comply with budget implementation guidelines to meet projected targets in a fiscal year.

9. Result-Oriented Programmes: This explains how the projects and programmes of government Ministries and Parastatals yield tangible results in terms of SMART: Sustainable, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic Timeliness.

10. In addition, Government ensures that all MDAs work in synergy and in tandam with strategic long-term objectives of government. Synergy facilitates policy implementation.