The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has approved a request from Governor Douye Diri to collect N2.9 billion loan “to buy operational vehicles for the governor, deputy governor, and other top government functionaries.”

The Assembly granted the loan for Diri during a plenary on Tuesday following a motion moved by the Leader of the House, Monday Bubou-Obolo.


Bubou-Obolo, who is the immediate past Speaker of the Assembly, said the proposed facility had a repayment tenure of 36 months.

The motion received unanimous support from the lawmakers and the request was approved for the governor.

Diri was inaugurated on February 14 after the Supreme Court nullified the election of the former governor-elect, David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress.

Meanwhile, the Assembly called on the state Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to come up with measures to prevent a possible outbreak of coronavirus in the state.

It urged the Governor Diri-led administration to invest more on enlightenment campaigns on the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the different dialects, in order to keep the entire public informed.

NGpatriot:
I trust my PDP people, the looting and pillaging don start already..it's in the DNA.

The cars the previous governor used done break down or not good enough..or car loan is the biggest issue on the table so they must rush rush multi billion naira loan?

Bayelsa people, why are you always so blessed with the most horrible governors in the world.?

lilprinze:
Bayelsa has entre one chance

Vanpascore:
This one tire me o, not up to a month! Beyelsans don enta one chance

JubrinElSudan:
The cars he and his deputy inherited from the Senate nko? Nigerian politicians are very good in spending money, if you ask them to increase IGR now, they will start multiple taxation of business organisations in their states. No manners all of them

JubrinElSudan:
The cars he and his deputy inherited from the Senate nko? Nigerian politicians are very good in spending money, if you ask them to increase IGR now, they will start multiple taxation of business organisations in their states. No manners all of them

OBUKSBAYELSA:


What of the cars and presidential fleet your master General Buhari got from Goodluck Jonathan? Give the man a break, he just assumed office and most importantly during Dickson tenure no Commissioner or high Government Official had cars. so what you're seeing playing out is policy shift.

OBUKSBAYELSA:


What of the cars and presidential fleet your master General Buhari got from Goodluck Jonathan? Give the man a break, he just assumed office and most importantly during Dickson tenure no Commissioner or high Government Official had cars. so what you're seeing playing out is policy shift.

evil1:

Who told you no govt official under Dickson had an official car? Under Dickson's govt official cars for govt officials were changed twice.