A former Minister of Aviation, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas has lauded the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson over the execution of projects with direct impact on the lives of the people.

The Ijaw leader and former minister hailed Dickson for the establishment of the University of Africa, Toru Orua, among other critical projects.

Graham Douglas said that it was proper for a state like Bayelsa which he described as the national habitat of the Ijaw people to have three good universities.

The elder statesman said that all the universities in Rivers State were cited in the upland leaving the riverine communities inhabited by the Ijaw people with none.



A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor of Bayelsa State on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that Graham-Douglas made the comment while playing host to Dickson in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday.

The Bayelsa Governor had visited the four-time Minister to felicitate with him. The former minister lauded the governor for his exemplary leadership qualities.

He said, “We also like you to note that you are an indispensable factor in the life of the Ijaw people, and you have carried all of us along. You have been very generous and congratulations on some of projects you have carried out in our national habitat.

“I am looking forward to the day you will commission the University of Africa. There is nothing wrong in having three solid universities in Bayelsa.”


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When ordinary bayelsans like me hails this man, then I will take the hailing serious. What were u expecting Douglas say about Dickson?

He is bent on working on the educational sector of bayelsa state. Thats good and i commend him on that cause that is the basic foundation of any mans success.

wetin concern Douglas with Dickson?