By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa—Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has called on members of the National Assembly from the state to close ranks with the ministerial nomination of Senator Heineken Lokpobiri with a view to ensuring his screening and clearance.

Lokpobiri

Dickson made the call when the members on the aegis of National Assembly Caucus Forum paid a condolence visit to him in Government House, Yenagoa, over the demise of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, former Governor of the state.

He urged them to always commit themselves to the unity and progress of the state, noting that the development of the state was paramount regardless of party affiliations or personal interest.

The governor expressed resolve to collaborate with representatives of the state at the national level towards accelerating the pace of development and lauded members of the National Assembly from the state for partnering with the state government with a view to actualizing its vision

The development of the state, he said, was a collective responsibility.

On the death of Chief Alamieyeseigha, the governor described him as one of the foremost Ijaw leaders, whose demise had created a vacuum, noting that, one could not query God, because “He gives and He takes.”

In his remarks, the Chairman of the Bayelsa State National Assembly Caucus Forum, Senator Foster Ogola, representing Bayelsa West Senatorial district, said Chief Alamieyeseigha was a political colossus, who laid the foundation for the development of the state.