Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, over the weekend, appointed new aides in the wake of the unceremonious resignation of some political appointees from his administration. The resignation and appointement were a follow up to his battle with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his re-election bid.
Sylva who appointed Mr. Fiezegate Olorogun as a Commissioner and Director-General for the State Due Process and e-Governance Bureau, noted that the new appointments will bring a breath of freshness into his administration, especially in the journey to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of the state.
Crisis had hit the administration of Sylva over the resignation of three influential members of his cabinet, based on a shift in their loyalty to the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan and Hon. Seriake Dickson.
The Commissioner for Youth, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Hon. Bekiakpo Etifa; former Commissioner of Local Government, Hon. Weripamowei Dudafagh; Special Adviser to the State Governor on Inter-Party Relations, Hon. Steven Diver; Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Orientation, Gesije Isowo and the Chairman of the Board of the State Internal Revenue, Mr. Solomon Apreala had all resigned in the face of the crisis.
But the governor, over the weekend, swore-in a new set of officers to oversee the steering of the affairs of the state. Among them are: Mrs. Tombofa Ashimi, the new Director General, of the State Due Process who replaces Mr. Von Kemedi, and Mr. Fiezegate Olorogun, who is the Commissioner of Legal Education, Youths and Conflict Resolution, replaces Mr. Bekis Etifa.