Delta Government Hands Out Farm Inputs to 142 Cassava Farmers

By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese Laura Oghene  As part of its commitment to boost food production in the state, Delta State Government has flag-off the handing out of farm input support package to beneficiaries of the 2022 Youth Agricultural and Entrepreneurs Programme (Brown YAGEP) in cassava cultivation. The flag-off exercise witnessed by the Chief of…

YAGEP Made Me, a PwD, Relevant, Says Sylvanus

By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh Emmanuel Sylvanus is one of the persons living with disabilities (PwDs), trained and established by the Delta State Government through its Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP.) He is visually impaired and has an HND in Mass Communication. Emmanuel is a YAGEPreneur in Fish Production in the 2016/2017 cycle. He shares his story. “Being…

Okowa gets CON national honours award

Governor of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, will on October 11, 2022, be honoured with a national award of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, said in a statement that the…

Independence: Nigeria’ll be great again, Okowa assures

Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that through the party’s rescue mission, Nigeria will return to greatness and its glory restored. Okowa, the Governor of Delta, stated this in his goodwill message to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence anniversary celebrated on October 1. The message was contained…

2022 STEP Trainees Undergo Leadership Class 101

By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Laura Ese Oghene 2022 trainees enrolled in the Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) have lauded the Delta State Government’s for its job creation programme, describing it as the surest way out of poverty. They made the commendations during the first series of Personal Effectiveness and Leadership Development (PELD) workshop held…

DTSG warns residents against impending flood

Delta Government on Friday alerted residents in flood prone areas to relocate to higher planes as flood continues to ravage parts of the state. Director General, State Bureau of Orientation, Mr. Eugene Uzum who gave the warning at a news conference in Asaba, said that the state government was concerned about the lives and property…