By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa—The Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, described as a “deliberate propagation of falsehood and the handiwork of mischief makers,” claims that the recent minor cabinet shake up in the state was due to rifts between Governor Seriake Dickson, President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan.

The government in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the minor cabinet shake-up was due to the need to inject new blood into the system of the presentation administration in the state.

He said: “Contrary to the reports, having been in the saddle for nearly three years and knowing that this is an election year, the governor decided to effect the shake up to inject new blood into the system to bring about the needed changes to impact more positively on the people of the state.

“This was well captured in the government statement announcing the changes. In furtherance of his commitment to deliver more robustly on his administration’s restoration agenda, Governor Dickson has stepped up efforts geared towards re-organising the machinery of the government.

“This is not the first cabinet shake up under the restoration government of Dickson and this will surely not be the last.”