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By Emem Idio
AS part of strategies for health system strengthening and to deepen international support for government-initiated programmes, the Bayelsa State Government will from tomorrow (Monday) host a 3 days health summit in Yenagoa, the state capital.
According to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Pabara Igwele, in a statement weekend said, the Summit has its theme as, “Achieving Improved Health Systems Performance Through Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement.”
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Enahire will be special guests of honour, while Dr. Osahon Enabulele, President Commonwealth Medical Association, will be the keynote speaker.
Dr Igwele noted that the health system in Bayelsa is fraught with numerous challenges and as such new strategies need to be developed to tackle such issues.
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The Bayelsa State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra-judicial killings has been told how policemen killed one Mr Eze Amadi while the non-academic staff of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma were protesting against their alleged unlawful sack from work in May 2018.
Mrs Felagha Ayibakuro, the mother of the deceased and leader of the protest, petitioned the panel alleging that a team of policemen deployed from Yenagoa on arriving at the venue of the protest in Amassoma, opened fire on the protesters killing her son and one Mr Jacob.
Under cross-examination, Mrs Felagha recounted that her son who is a final year student of Fine and Applied Arts in the same University was trying to help Jacob who had been shot before he was shot and killed as well.
By Onungwe Obe
Youths from Gbarain kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State yesterday threatened a showdown with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) after the company failed to restore electricity power to the area since late last year when public power was cut off by the company.
THISDAY checks showed that a fire incident at the Gbarain power station had caused a damage that cut off the power supply.
Since then, nothing had been done to restore power supply in the area, triggering accusations that NDPHC did not care if the people lived in perpetual darkness or not.