Mr. Henry Siriake Dickson is the Governor of Bayelsa state. He was re-elected as the Bayelsa statee governor for the second time. Dickson was born 28 January 1966 in Toru-Orua Town of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Dickson would enroll in the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, to study Law in 1988; he would earn his LL.B in 1992. In 1993, he went on to earn his Bachelors in Law from the Nigerian Law School, and was also called to the Nigerian Bar shortly thereafter.
Henry Dickson was elected to the National Assembly's House of Representatives in 2007. In April 2011, he was elected for a second term; this election was the first time that someone in his constituency has done this.
Dickson assumed his role as Governor of Bayelsa State on 14 February 2012. The Independent National Electoral Commission reported that Henry Dickson won over 90% of the votes. They went on to say that this helped in "further strengthening the PDP's stranglehold on power there since Jonathan became president.
Today is his birthday, happy birthday to him.
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