Honourable
Henry Seriake Dickson was born on 28th day of January, 1966 in
Toru-Orua Town of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State,
Nigeria to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nanaye Dickson of Orua and a
descendant of the famous King Kpadia Royal House of Tarakiri Kingdom.
Hon. H. S. Dickson attended Kolobiriowei Primary School, Toru-Orua
from 1972 to 1978 where he got his First School Leaving Certificate and
proceeded to Government Secondary School, Toru-Ebeni in 1978 to 1983 and
obtained his West African School Certificate (WASC/GCE).
In 1988, Hon. H. S. Dickson gained admission into Rivers State
University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt to read Law from
where he graduated with LL.B (HONS) in 1992. He then proceeded in 1993,
to earn his Bachelors in Law (B.L HONS) from the Nigeria Law School,
Lagos whereupon he was called to the Nigerian Bar the same year.
Hon. H.S. Dickson joined The Nigeria Police Force now The Nigeria
Police, 1986 in service to his father land and upon his graduation in
1993 was appointed a Cadet Assistant Superintended of Police in 1994
whereupon he proceeded to Nigerian Police Academy Kano for Officer
Training. During the course of his training, he voluntarily withdrew his
service after close to a decade as a Police Officer to practice the
profession of law. His voluntary withdrawal was duly approved by both
the Inspector-General of Police as well as the Commissioner of Police,
Rivers State Command at the time.
As a Lawyer, he worked with SERENA DAVID DOKUBO & CO holding the
position of Associate Solicitor from 1994 to 1995 and moved to ALUKO
& OYEBODE, a prominent Law firm in Lagos also as an Associate
Solicitor in 1995 to 1996 after which he founded the Law firm of SERIAKE
DICKSON & CO in Port Harcourt and later Yenagoa and became its
Managing Solicitor from 1996 to 2006.
Politically and Professionally, Hon. H.S. Dickson has held many positions some of these are mentioned below:
He was elected Pioneer Publicity Secretary, Nigeria Bar Association
(NBA) Yenagoa from 1996 to 1998. He was elected the State Chairman,
Alliance for Democracy (AD) 1990 to 2000 and elected National Legal
Adviser, Alliance for Democracy 2000 to 2002. He was equally elected
National Legal Adviser of the foremost Pan-Ijaw Socio-Cultural and
Political group called the Ijaw National Congress (INC) 2001 to 2003. He
became a Member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) Nigeria Bar
Association in 2004 to 2006 representing Bayelsa State.
Considering his track record and achievement, Hon. Dickson was
Appointed the Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice
of Bayelsa State from 2006 to 2007 by His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan GCON, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who at
the time was the Governor of Bayelsa State.
As Honourable Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Bayelsa
State, he strove to reposition the Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary
in Bayelsa State by initiating several reform policies and programmes.
He also served in different professional statutory bodies. He was a
member of the Council of Legal Education in Nigeria, a member of the
Body of Benchers of Nigeria, a member of the Body of Attorneys-General
of Nigeria, a member of the Bayelsa State Security Council and Vice
Chairman, Bayelsa State Judicial Service Commission.
As a result of the positive impact he made on the people and based on
his long years of committed and dedicated service to the state and the
Ijaw nation at large, he was RETURNED UNOPPOSED and elected in 2007, as
Honourable Member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency of
Bayelsa State in the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Abuja.
In the House of Representatives where he represents Sagbama/Ekeremor
Federal Constituency of Bayelsa State, Hon. Dickson serves as the
Chairman, House Committee on Justice and also a Member of several
committees.
Hon. H. S. Dickson is a Member of the Nigeria Bar Association,
International Bar Association, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (U.K)
Nigerian Chapter and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of
Nigeria.
Hon. Dickson happily married with children and holds the traditional
title of OLOKODAU of ORUA. His hobbies includes; Swimming, Reading,
jogging, Wrestling, Boxing and Badminton.
