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The 2023 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election took place on 11 November 2023 to elect the Governor of Bayelsa State. [1] Incumbent PDP Governor Douye Diri won election to a second term by a 23.6% margin of victory over former Governor Timipre Sylva , the APC nominee.
The 2022 Bayelsa State Flooding took place between September and November 2022 in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. It displaced at least 1.3 million people as confirmed by the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency.
Bayelsa West senatorial district in Bayelsa State covers two local governments of Ekeremor and Sagbama. Sagbama is the headquarters of Bayelsa West senatorial district. This district has Registration Areas (RA) and 394 polling units with the collation centre located at the INEC office in Sagbama LGA. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Bayelsa is a state in the South South region of Nigeria, located in the core of the Niger Delta. [7] [8] Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, [9] making it one of the newest states in the federation. [10] The capital, Yenagoa, is susceptible to high risk of annual flooding. [11]
The PDP primary election was held on September 3, 2019. Douye Diri won the primary election with 561 votes against 20 other candidates. His closest rival was Timi Alaibe, a former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, who came second with 365 votes, Gboribiogha Jonah, the incumbent deputy governor, scored 62 votes.
He ran for UNCP nomination to run for the Bayelsa-West Senatorial District but lose at his party's primary emerging first runner-up in 1998. He later joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP), serving in different capacities including Special Assistant to the Chairman, PDP Computerized Membership Registration Committee in Bayelsa State in 2001 ...
The Bayelsa State Executive Council (also known as, the Cabinet of Bayelsa State) is the highest governmental body that plays important roles in the Government of Bayelsa State headed by the Governor of Bayelsa State.