Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, launched the MORE Grant Scheme for petty traders, artisans and female entrepreneurs with 5,426 persons from poor and vulnerable households in the state benefitting. Speaking at the formal launch of the M.O.R.E Grant Scheme at Event Centre, Asaba, Governor Oborevwori said the initiative was a comprehensive support system that would empower 5,426 Deltans, comprising 1,600 petty traders, 1,826 artisans and 2000 female entrepreneurs across the state. He said Delta State was rich in talent and ambition and commended the artisans, traders, and entrepreneurs for being the unsung heroes of the state’s local…
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By Abel JOHNGOLD As part of the activities marking Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwore’s one year in office, a sociopolitical group known as the Integrity Group yesterday held a world press conference unveiling and showcasing the successes and achievements of Governor Oborevwori’s administration in one year as a support group. The well attended world conference was convened by the Group headed by Dr Oke Idawene and it was held at Fobbs Hotel in Asaba. The Convener, Dr. Oke Idawene, flanked by his Executive Officers and other members of the 25 Local Government Areas Exco, disclosed that the Integrity Group…
In his deliberate efforts and determination to create more jobs and wealth for Deltans through massive coconut Farming in Delta State, governor Sheriff Oborevwori, has appealed to land owners across the three Senatorial Districts to partner government in the ongoing coconut development programme under the MORE Agenda. Executive Assistant on Agriculture to the Governor, Hon Aneke Ifemeni made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking as guest of Orientation Panorama Platform on Voice of Delta Radio 97.9 FM, saying that coconut farming has become a lucrative business and one of the major foreign exchange earner for governments and investors in the…
Delta State Orientation Bureau, DSOB, has commended the federal government over the recent ban on Nigerian movies showcasing money rituals, smoking and other social vices which hitherto characterized Nollywood movies in Nigeria. Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau, Dr Latimore Oghenesivbe made the commendation on Wednesday in Lagos, while speaking to newsmen on DSOB’s planned sensitization campaigns against moral decadence and dishonesty, saying that money ritual and social vices scenes in movies contributed significantly to the incessant wave of criminality and moral decay in society. He noted that majority of Nigeria movies are centered around money rituals or other get…
Hon Dan Asekhame is the Founder and Coordinator of the Asue Ighodalo Movement (AIM), one of the many support groups working for the realization of the election of Dr Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the next governor of Edo State. In this interview with a select group of journalists, the two-time Chairman of Owan West Local Government Council, addressed vital questions relating to the coming election. Excerpts:* *In setting up this support group, what exactly was your focus or goal?* To do a house to house campaign and to also focus seriously on new…
1952 was the year I finished secondary school and I had written and passed entrance examinations into the University College, Ibadan which was the only tertiary institution available m the country then. Before the university session started, I got this job in a medical equipments supply company, where I had, this rather prestigious title of senior stores officer grade three! It wasn’t that the office environment or even the store itself was something as prestigious as its title; all there was to the business was this huge barnyard kind of warehouse where we stored equipments like catguts, surgical tools and…
I didn’t change my surname to my husband’s surname because I love my surname, and all my documents bear my father’s surname. I don’t have the strength to run around to change it. People often tell me that I am abusing Igbo culture by still bearing my father’s surname. I laugh when I hear people say this. But the fact is that those women who bear their husband’s surname are the ones abusing Igbo culture. In pre-colonial Igbo culture, women didn’t bear their husband’s surname; they bore their father’s surname. Everything changed when the British colonized us. We then abandoned…
Delta State Governor Rt. Hon. (Elder) Sheriff Francis Orhowedor Oborevwori assumed office on May 29, 2023, with a firm commitment on his Mission “To run an open, responsive government that meets the needs, and aspirations of our people through infrastructure development, growth in human capital and improved social harmony.” One year down the line Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has kept faith with that pledge and as the May 29, 2024 one year anniversary countdown progresses steadily, Deltans across the Three Senatorial zones have continued to give glowing testimony to the visible and verifiable infrastructural projects which the administration has continued to…
BY PRISCA OGBO The National Orientation Agency (NOA), Delta State Directorate, has joined hands with the Delta Printing and Publishing Corporation (DPPC), in driving the policies of governments at all levels for wider acceptance among the citizenry. The NOA State Director, Comrade Tracy Ikolomi (Mrs), during an interactive meeting with the DPPC management, and publishers of The Pointer titles, said the agency’s main aim is to sensitise Nigerians on the government’s policies and get feedback. ‘’To reach as many people as possible, the agency makes use of different methods to disseminate information, especially to those at the grassroots like town…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has scaled up the direct beneficiaries of Delta COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (D-CARES) Programme from from 36,353 to 110,841. This depicts an increase of approximately 205 per cent on the initial figure of 36,353 beneficiaries. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this at a townhall meeting with beneficiaries of the (D-CARES) Programme held at the Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba, on Wednesday. He said he was happy to hear of the heartwarming and success stories of the beneficiaries and the positive impact of the activities of the D-CARES programme on their lives. He said:…