“l direct that the Deputy Chief of Staff, chairman of the Environmental Sanitation Authority and chairman of the Civil Service Commission ensure the immediate employment of Woyengidenyefa Akpeti, Woyengotonyo Akpeti and Mrs Woyengidipamo Doowari Anyama.”
With these instructions, the governor of Bayelsa, Senator Douye Diri, set the stage for the immediate employment of the trio, children of the late Mrs. Lucky-ere Etete, who until her death last month, was a PDP women leader in Sampou, hometown of the governor.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, Diri gave the directive on Friday during her lying-in-state/funeral service at Sampou.
Diri said it was important to reward her for the loyalty she displayed when she was alive. “What mattered most to me was the relationship we shared and not the support we were able to offer her. She was one of my fervent party supporters.
“We truly tried to save her life. Unfortunately, there were other complications and we lost her. But what we can ensure is to cater for the children that she left behind.
“Lucky-ere was a business woman and after the death of her husband, she took up the responsibility of supporting her three children and was able to sponsor their education. Today they are graduates,” the governor said.
Immediate past Kolokuma/Opokuma PDP caucus chairman, Chief Isaac Kumokou, in his tribute, described Etete as a lover of Sampou community, who participated actively in its activities.
Chief Kumokou said that though she was young, she demonstrated maturity and served as a role model to mothers. He said upon the death of her husband at an early age, she took up the responsibility of training her three daughters, who were now graduates.
Paying glowing tribute to the deceased, the Bayelsa helmsman said she contributed her quota to the development of her community through her role as leader of the women.
He described Mrs. Etete as a hardworking business woman and staunch supporter of the PDP with an unwavered loyalty to the party. According to him, as a mark of respect and honour, he made it a point of duty to pay his last respect despite his busy schedule.
In an exhortation titled “Death, A Passage Unto Eternity,” Pastor Emmanuel Zitua of the Living Faith Bible Church encouraged people to strive to make positive impact on the lives of others.
