Finance

Bayelsa State Government has decried illegal deduction of revenues from the Excess Crude Account without by the federal government.

Bayelsa State Government has blamed the chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, for creating room for payroll fraud, employment racketeering and other unethical practices in the civil service while in  office.

Bayelsa State Government on Thursday accused some financial institutions operating in the state of colluding with unscrupulous civil servants to defraud the state government by promoting the ghost worker syndrome and other unethical practices.

Bayelsa State government on Tuesday, justified its position on the implementation of the current public service reforms, in view of declining revenues from the federation account. ...Restates Commitment To Reforms

 ...Decries 70 percent non-academic staff strength in schools 

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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the oil producing states in the country were not getting the complete 13 percent derivation of revenue derived from oil production as provided for in the constitution.