Barely two months to the end of his tenure, Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has sacked all political appointees in the state.
Kemela Okara, Esq., Secretary to the State Government, said the move was to enable the state to meet its ”diverse financial obligations”.
According to the SSG, the move became imperative to enable the government to give priority to the payment of salaries to Civil Servants, rather than political appointees.
The statement, however, said all appointees whose positions are “critical” to the transition process will be retained henceforth till the end of the administration in February 2020.
This latest development comes barely one month after Dickson lost Bayelsa, a PDP-controlled state since the return of democracy, to opposition APC.
The PDP candidate and governor’s anointed, Douye Diri, had lost to APC’s David Lyon in the November 16 governorship election in the state.