September 02, (THEWILL) — Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has approved the appointment of Dr. Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer as the new Head of the Civil Service.
The appointment, announced in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on Tuesday, follows the retirement of Barrister (Mrs.) Biobelemoye Charles-Onyema on August 31, 2025.
Until his elevation, Dr. Sawyer was a Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Health.
Born on May 14, 1970, in Odi community, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Sawyer joined the Bayelsa civil service on June 8, 1998, as a medical officer.
He attended Town School, Okrika, and Okrika Grammar School, where he completed his secondary education in 1986.
He later gained admission to the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, graduating with an MBBS degree in 1996.
Sawyer also obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Lagos in 2000, followed by further training at the National Post-Graduate Medical College, Lagos, where he earned a Part 2 Fellowship in Public Health in 2010.
He has defended his dissertation for a PhD in Clinical Sciences and Public Health at Niger Delta University’s Faculty of Clinical Sciences.
The new Head of Service is also a member of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).
Amos Okioma is a Correspondent at THEWILL
