The beneficiaries will be granted a soft loan of N100,000 each at an interest rate of nine per cent under the 50 per cent capital budget released for the 2022 financial year.
The former Lagos state governor charged Bayelsans to vote for the APC, saying “It is about time you sweep them away because they keep making promises to you and cannot fulfil them.
At least 513 persons were linked to multiple fraudulent payments.
The ICC was inaugurated in Yenagoa to complement the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) ahead of the elections.
The traditional ruler said he has been “sleeping in my Toyota Sienna for two weeks since the flood ravaged the palace.”
“My government will ensure that we are never again be this badly prepared or lacking in the infrastructure and response protocols to forestall devastation.”
The Yenagoa-based club said the flooding has made it difficult for them to go on their West African tour.
Also, the flooding has caused the electricity company in charge of the state to shut down the public power supply.
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has declared a one-week holiday for state workers as flooding displaced one million residents.
He restated the government’s position that the oilfield was a prized asset of the state and that the people were sentimentally attached to it.
