AS Bayelsa State marks the 16th anniversary of the creation of the state, the state government has announced its decision to immortalise the late Gen. Sani Abacha.
To this end, it has concluded plans to lay the foundation stone for
a 150 duplex housing estate, which would be named after the late military Head of State who created Bayelsa State on October 1, 1996.
Governor Seriake Dickson announced this in his broadcast to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the creation of Bayelsa State and the 52nd Independence of the country.
According to Dickson, government in partnership with the Ijaw National Congress (INC), has christened the main auditorium of the INC secretariat after Abacha as well as invite the family of the late General to be part of the celebration and also plant a memorial tree in his honour.
This gesture, which is coming 16 years after the creation of the state, would also be used to honour the first civilian Governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, for his commitment to the Ijaw struggle by naming a hall after him in the INC building, which was started by him.
Governor Dickson also paid tributes to those he described as worthy Nigerian leaders like President Olusegun Obasanjo and late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua whose actions impacted positively on Bayelsans, stressing that they too would be honoured in due course.
Source: Guardian Newspaper
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