Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has appointed Dr. Wisdom Ebiye Sawyer as the new Head of the Civil Service (HoS) of the state.
The announcement was made on Tuesday in a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah.
Dr. Sawyer, who was until now a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, succeeds Barrister Biobelemoye Charles-Onyema, who officially retired from service on August 31, 2025.
Born on May 14, 1970, in Odi community, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Dr. Sawyer began his civil service career on June 8, 1998, as a Medical Officer.
He began his education at Town School, Okrika, in Rivers State, completing his primary education in 1981 before proceeding to Okrika Grammar School, where he obtained his West African School Certificate in 1986.
In 1988, he was admitted to the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he earned his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in 1996. He later obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Lagos in 2000.
Dr. Sawyer continued his professional development at the National Postgraduate Medical College, Lagos, where he earned a Part 2 Fellowship in Public Health in 2010.
He has also successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation in Clinical Sciences and Public Health at the Niger Delta University’s Faculty of Clinical Sciences.
In addition to his academic and professional achievements, the newly appointed Head of Service is a distinguished member of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS).
