Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Thursday received the Asset Newspapers’ Politician of the Year 2020 award at a ceremony held at the NICON Luxury Hotel in Abuja.
Governor Diri was represented at the well-attended event by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah.
While presenting the award, the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Cletus Akwaya, said the man known as the Miracle Governor was honoured for “successfully working through the murky waters of Bayelsa politics to emerge as governor and for surviving the plethora of legal cases to hold tenaciously to his mandate.”
In his remarks, Governor Diri thanked the media organisation for the recognition while noting the importance of the media in national development.
He said the media has been a strategic and important partner in the development of Bayelsa State and has equally supported his administration’s effort to reposition the state and change its developmental narrative.
Other awardees were Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, who received the Man of the Year Award, the Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule (Governor of the Year), wife of the Benue State Governor, Dr. Eunice Ortom, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Wabote and National President, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Sir Honour Sirawoo among others.
