By Suleiman Anyalewechi
In a strange arrangement, the Bayelsa State Government on Thursday, April 9, 2026, declared Friday a work-free day ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s visit.
The State Government, also, ordered all markets to remain closed throughout the visit.
The Source reports that the President will be visiting the Oil rich state in the fourth and final lap of his scheduled four-state official visit.
He had earlier personally visited Plateau and Ogun States, with Senate President Godswill Akpabio standing in for him in Lagos on Wednesday.
A statement from the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Orientation, and Strategy, Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, informed that the measure is aimed at affording the people the opportunity to accord the President a rousing reception.
“As we all know ,the state is ready ,and we are ready as a people to receive the father of the nation, our father,vand leader,the President and Commander -in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,who will be in the State on a one-day visit to inaugurate four legacy projects.
“In view of this, the State Government has declared tomorrow (Friday) April 10 ,2026 ,a work-free day to enable workers and other residents of the State to participate in the programmes lined up for the one-day official visit to Bayelsa state” Koku-Obiyai stated.
This is as he appealed to traders, the business community and the entire residents to comply with the directive on free-Friday,vas well as come out in mass to welcome the president.
According to him, the President is expected to commission some major projects including a gas turbine in Opolo-Elebele ,a 60km dual carriageway from Onopa to the LNG axis, and a 630-metre bridge linking Angiama with Oporoma in the Southern Ijaw Local Council.
Instructively ,the Bayelsa state visit remains the only one out of the four-state presidential visit, that will lead to the complete lockdown of the host state.
However,the State Government said the measure is to ensure a hitch free visit.
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