Delta Government on Thursday said it had taken steps to grow the economy of the state amid the Coronavirus pandemic. State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu disclosed this in Asaba while briefing newsmen on some of the decisions taken by the government to rejig the state’s economy. He said part of the decision was to ask contractors handling various road projects to return to site and also to ensure that projects do not suffer on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Aniagwu noted that the state was desirous to open up the economy for growth activities despite fighting the pandemic…
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BY EDOJAH ESTHER The Delta State Contributory Health Commission (DSCHC) have inaugurated a ‘Covid-19 Crisis Support Response Team’ to curtail the spread of the pandemic coronavirus in the State. The Response Team comprised of Doctors, Nurses, Laboratory technician and Call Centre Operators to attend to Deltans and other Enrollees of the State Contributory Health Scheme, for medical assistance during the Covid 19 Lockdown in the State. Advising enrollees of the State Contributory Health Scheme not to panic or rush to any hospital without being referred and to avoid overcrowding in case of suspected symptoms, Dr. Ben Nkechika, the Director General…
By Iteveh Ekpokpobe A coalition of Chairmen and members of several Civil Societies in Delta State today stormed the gates of the State Assembly Complex, calling on the house to ensure public hearing on a bill for a law to establish the Delta State Internal Revenue Service and Its Board and other matters connected therewith. The group led by the Director General, Conference for the Actualisation of Human Rights, Barrister Omes Ogedegbe, urged the State Parliament to take a cue from their federal counterparts who halted the over a accelerated process of the bill on infectious diseases upon public outcry…
By JOHNSON EBIGIDE The Delta State Joint Technical Task Team ( JTTT) On Emergency Response To Covid-19 And Challenges Of Movement Of Food And Agricultural Inputs In Nigeria has been inaugurated by the Police Commissioner, Cp Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa mni. Inaugurating members of the task force which included representatives of the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, National Union of Road Transport Workers, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, at the Police Headquarters in Asaba, CP Inuwa disclosed that the…
BY SAM DUVWODE Delta State Deputy Governor, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, has said that, the unfortunate incident leading to the death of Joseph Pessu was antithetical to the basic reason for which the state lockdown order was initiated. Barr. Otuaro stated this today in Warri while paying a condolence visit to the family of late Joseph Pessu in Ugbuwangue community in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State. It would be recalled that, a soldier allegedly shot the 28-year-old father of two, Joseph Pesu, dead in Delta State while enforcing the lockdown order imposed on the state by the state government…
BY PERE BOTU The State Government has condoled with the Pessu family on the death of Mr Joseph Pessu, a twenty eight years old saying that his demise was painful and unfortunate assuring that government would assist the family of the deceased. The State Deputy Governor Deacon Kingsley Otauro who led a high powered state delegation on a condolence visit to the family at Ugbuwangue in Warri South Local Government Area said government was pained by the death. He said the condolence visit was on behalf of the State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa stressing that the death of Mr Joseph…
Nigeria yesterday recorded 245 new cases of #COVID19. The new Covid-19 cases were recorded in; 76-Lagos 37-Katsina 32-Jigawa 23-Kano 19-FCT 18-Borno 10-Edo 9-Bauchi 6-Adamawa 5-Oyo 5-Ogun 1-Ekiti 1-Osun 1-Benue 1-Niger 1-Zamfara According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), this brings to a total number of 2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. With discharged of: 417 and Deaths records of: 93 The NCDC also revealed that nine cases previously announced as discharged cases were reported in error. Therefore, there are 417 discharged cases in total. Adding that one case reported in Nasarawa was a repeat test. The state has…
Delta Government has warned that anyone seen in public without face mask would be taken to any of the Isolation Centres in the state. Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, made this known in Asaba on Monday and said that the measure was part of the resolutions reached at a meeting of the Technical Committee for the Prevention of Covid-19 in Delta. According to Aniagwu who briefed the media at the end of the meeting, relaxing the lockdown for economic reasons should not jeopardize the safety of the people. He said that the compulsory use of face…
By FIDELIS EGUGBO The social media has provided a means for people to express themselves freely without much hindrance. The fact that the laws on restricting its usage in Nigeria is loose has also given room for some people to make wild and unsubstantiated claims and move on without considering the damages caused by their false posts. Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as Covid-19, is changing the world order and the fact that most people have access to information via smartphones, further buttresses the reality that the world has shrank even beyond the ‘global village’ mantra. The Covid-19 is a highly…
By *Miracle Enuji* As the effects of the lockdown caused by the global outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19 continue to bite hard, a Non-profit organization, Berrywell Feed The Children Foundation has donated food items worth millions of Naira to the Vulnerable in Delta State to cushion the effect of pandemic The Palliatives which include, Rice, Beans, Noodles and Garri were distributed to over 20 families held up at various Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps and elderly persons in some communities. Presenting the items at Okwe, Okpanam and Ibusa communities in Oshimili South and Oshimili North local government areas respectively,…