Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said the multi-billion naira state secretariat named after the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Prof. Chike Edozien, would be inaugurated in the early part of December, 2021. Okowa made this known in an interview with journalists shortly after inspecting the state-of-the-art facilities at the secretariat and the new technical…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday called on states and the Federal Government to rehabilitate roads in the country to ensure smooth and safe driving ahead of the yuletide season. Okowa made the call while flagging off Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) 2021 Ember Months safety campaign in Asaba. The campaign has “Maintain…
As Nigerians joined the rest of the world to celebrate “The International Day of the Girl-Child,” the wife of Delta Governor, Dame Edith Okowa, on Monday, urged the girl-child in the state to leverage on digital technology to enhance their socio-economic status. Dame Okowa gave the advice during a ceremony marking the 2021 International Day…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba has dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to sack all 25 local government councils’ chairmen and councillors in Delta State. The APC had challenged the election of the council officials on the grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct valid…
In order to ensure the realization of Prosperity for All Deltans agenda of the Okowa administration, the Delta State Government has urged Ugbakele Community of Mosogar, in Ethiope West Local Government Area, Delta State, to cooperate with the state government to ensure the smooth implementation of the CBN 5 Star Cassava Development Program cited in…
As part of deliberate measures to restore sanity in the engineering profession in the state, Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, inaugurated the State Technical Committee and Expatriate Monitoring Committee. Inaugurating the committees at Government House, Asaba, Governor Okowa said the inauguration was geared towards ensuring that the practice of engineering in the state…
The Governing Council of the Society For West African Internal Audit Practitioners (SWAIAP) has approved the appointment of Mr Nelson Egware as Director, Media and Publications. The appointment was conveyed in a letter dated October 1, 2021 and signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of SWAIAP, Patrick Nzechukwu. By the appointment, Egware becomes…
The Delta State Land Recovery Committee constituted to identify undeveloped lands in the state for reallocation to serious developers has submitted an interim report. The report was submitted to the Commissioner for Lands, Mrs Kate Onianwa at the Ministry of Lands Headquarters, in Asaba on Wednesday. The Committee which was inaugurated on Tuesday, August 17,…
By Tina Oki Delta State Commissioners for Works, (Urban/Highways) Mr Noel Omodon and Rural/Riverine roads, Hon. Solomon Golley, have called on contractors handling Dtate Government projects to move to site immediately the rains subsides. The commissioners made the call tiday in Asaba during their maiden meeting with contractors handling roads, drainages and bridge projects in…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated the Managing Director of Arise Television, Ms Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, on her emergence as the most powerful female journalist in Nigeria. Nwogwugwu was named on the apex position among 25 powerful female journalists in Nigeria in the 2021 list of the Most Powerful Female Journalists in Nigeria by Women…