The people of ward 8 celebrate Hon. Iyenimi Sling as "The Man of the People"

We the ward 8 hereby deems it fit to present to our constituency, the local Government and the state as a whole. "A man for the people", honourable Iyenimi Sling. An indegene of Peremabiri Community, born in the late 70's in the city of Port Harcourt. He had his Primary and Secondary education in port harcourt respectively and his tetiary education in Bayelsa State.

There is the necessity to accord kudos to a person of high integrity, who made a man of himself by standing out. This is a pragmatist hence, applies proactive and pre-emptive approaches to issues. Based on these qualities, his personality was admired throughout his tenure of office in the southern Ijaw legislative arm of the peoples Democrative Party after being declared the winner of the 2010 councillorship election. Due to the leadership qualities embedded on him which were admired by his colleagues, he was elected deputy majority leader and later leader of the house respectively.

In conformity with his demonstrative policy, while in the legislative house, he executed projects in all communities he represented; rest houses were built in Peremabiri and Diebu respectively; directional sign post were constructed in all the four communities; thousands of exercise books were distributed to primary and secondary schools in his ward. all these projects were economically embarked upon with the allowances paid to him by the council. All boil down to his Philanthropic way of life.

The people of ward 8 could not pay him either in kind or in cash than to celebrate him as "The People's Councilor", a man of the people.

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