When Bayelsa State was created 16 years ago, carved out of the previous Rivers State, it became obvious from inception that the fledgling state will face great challenges on the path of attaining the growth and development that autonomy had bestowed on her.
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Those who reason that states creation should be guided by certain existing and potential economic indices for sustaining the existence of that state, including the unhindered possibilities of benefitting from internally generated revenue, IGR, to complement that from the federation account, will find out that the Bayelsa State example has survived against all odds.
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It needs no repeating that over the years, Bayelsa State has experienced growth and development of monumental proportions which of recent within the last 12 months, with Seriake Dickson on the driving seat, has been accelerated to embrace some promising economic initiatives that show that the Bayelsa of tomorrow is now beyond being just a dream.