Friday April 10th 2026
The Bayelsa State Government has declared Friday April 10th 2026 a work-free day and ordered the closure of markets ahead of the visit of President Bola Tinubu to the state.
The state Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, disclosed this on Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital.
She said, “As we all know that the the state is ready and we are ready as a people to receive the father of the nation, our father and leader in the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, who will be in the state on a one-day visit to inaugurate four legacy projects.
“In view of this, the state government has declared tomorrow, Friday, April 10, 2026, a work-free day to enable workers and other residents of the State to participate in the programmes lined up for the one-day official visit to Bayelsa State.”
Friday April 5th 2024
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa state has declared Friday, April 5th 2024, as a work-free day for civil servants to enable them to travel to their respective areas, to participate in the local government elections billed for Saturday, April 6th.
This was contained in a memo signed by the Head of the Bayelsa State Civil Service Biobelemoye Charles-Onyema and released to the press on Thursday, April 4th.
The state's civil servants on essential duty are exempted from the work-free day, the memo added.
Ahead of the election, political parties apart from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state have been quiet and are yet to field candidates for Saturday’s local government poll in the oil-rich state.
Bayelsa is the smallest in Nigeria by population as of the 2006 census. Located in the core of the Niger Delta. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 and was carved out from Rivers State, making it one of the newest states in the federation.
