{"id":11830,"date":"2026-03-15T17:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=11830"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:25:44","slug":"barr-george-alabh-turnah-emerged-as-bayelsa-pdp-chairman-commissions-new-pdp-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/15\/barr-george-alabh-turnah-emerged-as-bayelsa-pdp-chairman-commissions-new-pdp-secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"Barr Turnah Emerges As Bayelsa  PDP Chairman,  Commissions New PDP Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By David Owei,Bayelsa <\/p>\n<p>It was historic and unprecedented,as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa State Chapter,  held its State Congress in Yenagoa.<\/p>\n<p>The congress unanimously and  harmoniously adopted the leadership of Barr. George Alabh Turnah, as the State Chairman of the party.While Mr. Tony Gabriel emerged as Deputy Chairman, as Hon. Ato Alfrede Ebibokaye was adopted as the State Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the State Working Committee that were affirmed included Hon. Mietokumo Opuokoni, Assistant Secretary; Hon. Biobelemoye Igoniwari, Treasurer; Hon. Abrakasa Ebiegebei, Assistant Treasurer; Hon. Erenpakaomo Eke-Siff, Financial Secretary; Hon. Amgbare Flupower, Assistant Financial Secretary; Hon. Godspower Toruokorie, Organizing Secretary; Hon. Ogbentari Okere, Assistant Organizing Secretary; Hon. Ikaebimo Mark, Publicity Secretary; Hon. Smart Gboribie, Assistant Publicity Secretary; Barr. Awudumapu Agorodi, Esq., Legal Adviser; Barr. Effort Kai, Esq., Assistant Legal Adviser; Hon. Sola Yoko Amain, Auditor; Hon. Dimaro Fidelix Enakpotari, Assistant Auditor; Hon. Nicholas Eferebo, Youth Leader; Hon. Azikwe Isau, Assistant Youth Leader; Mrs. Evelyn Bolouebi Odi, Woman Leader; and Mrs. Wolisi Kosioma, Assistant Woman Leader.<\/p>\n<p>Another major highlight at the epoch making event was that  the PDP in Bayelsa State also commissioned its new Party Secretariat located before Watgo Filling Station along the Express Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n<p>Party stakeholders noted that the new party secretariat will enhance the smooth running of the party\u2019s administrative and political activities, positioning the party for greater coordination and mobilization. They expressed optimism that the development will further strengthen the party and lead it to victory in both the national and state elections come 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Stakeholders also described the congress as peaceful, free, and fair, expressing confidence that the newly elected executives will strengthen the party\u2019s structure and further consolidate its grassroots support ahead of future political engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent who monitored the exercise reported that the atmosphere remained calm and well-coordinated, with party members displaying unity and cooperation throughout the congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Owei,Bayelsa It was historic and unprecedented,as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa State Chapter, held its State Congress in Yenagoa. The congress unanimously and harmoniously adopted the leadership of Barr. George Alabh Turnah, as the State Chairman of the party.While Mr. Tony Gabriel emerged as Deputy Chairman, as Hon. Ato Alfrede Ebibokaye was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3847,6198,2230],"class_list":["post-11830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-adopted","tag-harmoniously","tag-unanimously"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11830"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11849,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions\/11849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}