Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, has approved the appointment of 34 new aides, made up of five Honorary Special Advisers, four Technical Advisers and 25 Special Advisers.
The approval of the appointment was announced in a statement at the weekend by Daniel Alabrah, whose appointment as the governor’s Chief Press Secretary was also confirmed.
Among the honorary special advisers are a former Acting Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Matthew Seiyefa, who would advise Diri on security matters.
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Also, two former commissioners in the immediate-past administration of former Governor Seriake Dickson, Perekiye Bruboyefe and Jonathan Obuebite, are among the 25 special advisers.
Dickson’s former security adviser and retired Commissioner of Police, Akpoebi Agberebi, was also re-appointed by Diri.
A former Special Adviser on Domestic Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Obriki Sylbriks, and a former member of the state’s House of Assembly, Franklin Otele, also made the list of special advisers.
“The appointees will be sworn in on a later date,” Alabrah said.
The Next Edition recalled that Diri had constituted his cabinet on August 25 after the state House of Assembly screened and cleared 24 commissioners for him.
