By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa—Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has said that the state did not benefit from the Federal Government bailout for states.

Dickson in Yenagoa, the state capital, said that the state was left out of the Federal Government largesse to states because it was not owing workers salaries.

He said, “The bailout that states are getting, Bayelsa is not getting. Since Bayelsa is not indebted, Bayelsa was not given bailout because the bailout was for states that are indebted.”

On how his administration has been paying workers when most states in the federation were owing their workforce, he said, “It is a combination of prudence and the selfless dedication of my team.

“For us, the people’s interest comes first and that’s why even in my office in the last three month, there has been no running cost paid. We don’t also have overhead paid in the last three months, all because we want to ensure that salaries of workers are paid.

“These are for us first line charges and every government needs to treat this as priority payments. And so, God has been helping and my team has been supporting and dedicated and that’s why we have been able to achieve, even though most states have not been able to achieve same for now.”