The Glory of All Lands

Created on October 1, 1996, Bayelsa State is the heartland of the Ijaw nation — a unique riverine landscape of creeks, rivers and lagoons with the longest coastline in the West African sub-region, and home to Oloibiri, where Nigeria's oil story began in 1956. Under the Prosperity Administration, Bayelsa is building a secure, educated and economically vibrant state where every Bayelsan shares in the promise of assured prosperity.