DIRI, Hon Douye

teaching profession and taught in several Government Schools in the Rural Area in the Old Rivers state and later resigned his position as a teacher to pursue a stable determined career in politics. Hon. Diri was appointed the First National Organizing Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), the formost organization of the Ijaw Nation, also he was appointed Executive Secretary, Centre for Youth Development in Bayelsa state from 2000 to 2002 during the tenure of the First Executive Governor of Bayelsa state, Chief D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha. He was later appointed as Commissioner for Youth and Sports 2005/2006 during Dr. Goodluck Jonathans administration in Bayelsa state, now the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He became governing Council Board member university of Maiduguri from 2008-2012. He was Chairman PDP Disciplinary Council, Bayelsa State 2012. Hon Douye Diri was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff, Government House from August 2012 and a year later was appointed as Principal Executive Secretary, a position he held until he signed in 2014 to contest for the Federal House of Representatives to represent the the good people of kolokuma/Opokuma/Yenagoa Federal Constituency.