No One Has Been Appointed Into My Government – Senator Douye Diri

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has come out to say that he is yet to make any political appointment into his government.

Gov Diri, who revealed this during a meeting with the Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries at the Government House, Yenagoa today urged the public to shun rumors circulating that he has done otherwise.

Reports had said that the governor had appointed the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, among other Special Advisers.

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Douye Diri (born 4 June 1959) is a Nigerian politician and the current Governor of Bayelsa State. He was the senator representing Bayelsa Central senatorial district of Bayelsa state at the Nigerian 9th National Assembly.

On 13 February 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria invalidated the results of the 2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections on grounds that the running mate of the actual winner of the election, David Lyon, submitted fake certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The court ordered Diri to be issued a certificate of return, which would make him governor-elect.

On 14 February 2020, he was sworn-in as the governor of Bayelsa State.