Bayelsa State Govt Declares 7 Days Mourning As Flags Fly At Half Mast For Alamieyeseigha

 

Bayelsa State Government yesterday

declared 7 days of mourning in honour of

its former governor Chief Diepreye

Alamieyeseigha, who passed away last

Saturday and directed that flags in all

public buildings and premises across the

state be flown at half mast.

The Bayelsa State Government, in a

statement by Commissioner for

Information and Orientation, Esueme Dan-

Kikile, said within the period of mourning,

all its official engagements will be

cancelled.

According to Vanguard, the 7 days

mourning period and the flying of the flags

at half mast, according to the statement,

started on Monday, stating that the

government will work with the

Alamieyeseigha family to give the former

governor a befitting burial.

He said condolence registers have been

opened at the office of the Governor,

Government House, Yenagoa, office of the

Secretary to the State Government, SSG,

Secretariat Complex, Yenagoa and Ijaw

House, Sani Abacha Way, Yenagoa.