By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta South Senatorial District, Delta State, on Saturday, in an enlarge meeting in Government House Annex Warri, passed a vote of confidence in the, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa and his Deputy, Barrister (Deacon) Kingsley Otuaro Led Government for impressive performance so far in office. The motion for the confidence vote was moved by the acting Majority Leader of State House of Assembly (DTHA) Hon. Kenneth Preyor and seconded by the Member representing Warri South 1 State Constituency, Hon. Austin Uroye, while the former Speaker of Delta State House of…
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By Patrick Ochei The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council has inaugurated a 17-man committee to midwife a media award to deserving illustrious Deltans to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the state. The committee would at the same time, initiate ideas towards raising an endowment fund of #500 million for the establishment of NUJ Estate and other business concerns to create a sustainable means of revenue to the union. The committee was inaugurated today, 4th June, 2021, at the NUJ Temporary Press Centre in Asaba, by the Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu. Ikeogwu charged members of…
THE Thursday meeting of Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio and emancipation advocate, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, heralds peace and prompt inauguration of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, board, Delta State Deputy Governor, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has assured. Otuaro attended the closed door session of the Minister’s meeting with Tompolo, at Oporoza, in Warri South-West council, “as indigene, Deputy Governor and representative of the Delta State Government” which held with possible breach of oil infrastructure and general breakdown of law and order hanging over the Niger Delta region. Tension heightened over call on the Federal Government to inaugurate…
THE Special Assistant, Media, to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Comrade Fidelis Egugbo says the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) is still very relevant to the unity of Nigeria. Egugbo spoke on Thursday when he joined the staff and students of Maris Secondary School, Amachai-Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State to celebrate the birth anniversary of Miss Grace Jesse, a Corp member who is serving in the school. The Special Assistant said that more than four decades after the setting up of the NYSC scheme, it is still providing the opportunities for youths of the…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Federal Information Chapel of the Delta State Council of NUJ, joined by some staff working at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Asaba, today congratulated and rejoiced with the Head of Center, Federal Ministry of Information, Delta State, Comrade Theresa Ukori (Mrs), on her meritorious retirement after 35 years of service without blemish. Ukori, noted that “as information officers we must not wash our dirty linens outside, let us have an inbuilt mechanism to talk to ourselves and that is where NUJ must come in and do the needful”. While advising staff to put…
The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) have stated that since the administration of Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa led Government in the State, the Commission has been proactively reengineered along with a basic corporate template that coheres with international best practices. The Commission stated this today in a response to the earlier Press Release from the State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) titled “Delta APC Laments Distressing State Of Development Agency, DESOPADEC” and made available to newsmen. According to the Press Release response which enumerated a slice of the DESOPADEC intervention inventory and signed by Chinenye Ezonfade (Mrs.) Head,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State, has expressed disappointment over the way and manner Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (Desopadec) is currently run by the PDP led-Government of Delta State. The interventionist agency, established more than a decade ago to fast track the development of oil producing communities, is now a shadow of itself! According to the law establishing the Agency, it is mandatory, that from oil revenues accruing to the State on a monthly basis, thirteen percent (13%) should be deducted, and same used to finance critical projects that have bearing with communities in the…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said urban-rural migration in the state was rapidly improving with his administration‘s deliberate effort at developing key infrastructure in rural and riverside communities. Okowa stated this in a state broadcast in Asaba to Deltans to mark the 6th anniversary of his administration. He said that since May 29, 2015 when he assumed duty as Governor, his administration had constructed roads and provided other physical infrastructure that were vital and of great impact on the people. “Through the Ministries of Works and Urban Renewal, Direct Labour Agency, DESOPADEC, Delta State…
Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Deltans on the occasion of the 6th Anniversary of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration and commended their tenacity and cooperation with the Government towards the sustenance of peace, unity, and the harmonious coexistence which has consolidated our collective identity as one Delta over the years. A congratulatory statement by the PDP, signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, further hailed Deltans for their resilience in the face of the monumental challenges necessitated by the ineptitude of the APC led government at the centre in the last six years and expressed gratitude…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Dr. Garba Abari as the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the reappointment in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. The appointment, which took effect from 25 May, 2021, is for a final term of five years. Dr. Abari was first appointed to the position in 2016.