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Eric Adams has spent 14 years in office, the last seven as the Brooklyn borough president, and is the leading Black candidate in the New York City mayor’s race. Black voters will likely make up more than 30 percent of the Democratic electorate, but a big question hanging over the Adams campaign which has raised millions of dollars is whether he can lock down support from the city’s most powerful Black leaders. Or whether he’s even trying.
The race itself is shaping up to be the most volatile in years; not only is this the first time the primary will be held in June, three months earlier than usual, but it is also the first citywide election under the city’s new voting law, which allows voters to pick not one but five of their favorite candidates, ranking them in order of preference. Adams’s early polling position is largely owed to the
A statement issued on Thursday in Yenagoa by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr
Daniel Alabrah, quoted
Diri as saying that the increase will address areas of deficit identified in the bill and assist in infrastructure development in Bayelsa.
“We had a challenging year 2020. All we anticipated did not go as planned because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown across the country.
“The three senatorial roads will receive expedited attention. The Gloryland Drive, AIT/Igbogene ring road project and the internal roads in Yenagoa that are in a state of disrepair, will receive immediate attention as we go into year 2021,” he said.
TODAY
December 31, 2020
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has signed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N329.29 billion into law.
Governor Diri had on November 26 presented an estimate of N290.295 billion tagged “Budget of Growth” to the state House of Assembly.
While assenting to the bill on Wednesday evening in Government House, Yenagoa, the governor said the increase in the figure would address areas of deficit identified in the appropriation bill as well as assist in the infrastructure development of the state.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as noting that the increase in the 2021 budget was intended to tackle the completion of the three senatorial roads, the AIT/Igbogene ring road project and construction of the Gloryland Drive in addition to rehabilitation of the internal roads within the Yenagoa metropolis.