BY Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa – Governor Seriake Dickson, Monday, effected a minor cabinet reshuffle in Bayelsa State Executive Council with the swearing-in of his Deputy’s Chief of Staff, Didi Walson-Jack, as Commissioner for Science, Technology and Manpower Development.

Walson-Jack, who was screened and confirmed last Tuesday by the state House of Assembly, takes over from Ambrose Alfred, who was redeployed to the Budget and Planning Ministry.

The governor swore in four Special Advisers, who were elevated from the position of Senior Special Assistants. They included Ifiemi Ikpaikpai (Budget Matters), Koku Obiyai (Agriculture), Tam Alazigha (Chief Economic Adviser) and Timipre Seipuolo (Treasury, Accounts and Revenue Matters).

Dickson also inaugurated the Bayelsa State Assembly Service Commission and Local Government Service Commission headed by Ajoko Perediyagha and Talford Ongolo as well as their members.

The governor had earlier inaugurated chairmen and members of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB and State Independent Electoral Commission, BYSIEC.

Though the governor urged the appointees to be committed and dedicated to their duties, he was particularly concerned about the local government system in the state, which he lamented had recorded monumental rot.