Duoye Diri, the Bayelsa State Governor has been criticised for his inability to form a cabinet within his first 100 days in office.
The governor who was sworn-in on February 14 after Supreme Court disqualified David Lyon, celebrated his first 100 days in office few days ago.
But his inability to form a cabinet has angered Bayelsans who said his actions were slowing down progress of his administration.
This is as most commissioners who served under the immediate past governor of the state, Seriake Dickson are still serving in their capacity under Diri’s government.
Dickson’s Commissioner for Finance, Mr Maxwell Ebibai, is still serving in the ministry with new nomenclature as Technical Assistant to the governor on finance, Dickson’s Special Adviser on Security, Mr Buma Sparow-Jack, is also still functioning in his office with new nomenclature as Technical Asistant on Security amongst others.
However, the acting Chief Press Secretary to Governor Diri, Daniel Alabrah, during a programme ‘Democratic Watch’ in a state based radio, appealed to Bayelsans who are calling for the governor to form cabinet to be patience, as the pronouncement will be made soon.
He said: “I want to appeal to Bayelsans who are agitating for new cabinet to be patience with Governor Diri and see what will happened in a few days or weeks from now.
“The governor himself knows that he needs a cabinet to support him govern the state.
“He has been doing a lot of things alone, that if commissioners were in place, they would have been able to help him,” he said.
