Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that health insurance for children, women and the vulnerable was a sure way of checking maternal and infant mortality in the country. Okowa stated this when he received the National Executive Committee of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba. He…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday swore in 11 new commissioners, with a charge to them to promote unity in their utterances and actions, and eschew mutual suspicion. The governor also advised the commissioners to avoid issues that would breed distrust, exclusion and resentment among the people, saying that they emerged through a rigorous selection process…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated budding poet, Othuke Umukoro, for emerging winner of Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021. Okowa’s felicitation with the Olomoro in Isoko South of Delta-born poet was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba. He described Umukoro, a teacher, as one of…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, charged political appointees in his administration to contribute to efforts of the state government in surmounting socio-economic and developmental challenges confronting the state. Okowa gave the charge while swearing in eight new Special Advisers at the Government House, Asaba. He remarked that appointments made by him so…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh. In furtherance of its efforts at ensuring that trainees of the its STEP programme graduate into seasoned entrepreneurs and wealth creators, the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau has held its Second Mid-Training Review Meeting with STEP trainees. The review meeting which was interactive in nature was attended by…
Oghenero Orovwuje The Delta State Government has pledged it willingness to continue to support the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in the state in order to ensure the objectives for which it was established is achieved. The Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Chief Patrick Ukah, made this known today when he received…
NO DTS 1428: GOV OKOWA CONGRATULATES SHAKA MOMODU, OTHER EDITORS. NO DTS 1429: DELTA NEEDS MORE UNIVERSITIES — SAYS ORUGBO NO DTS 1430: URHOBO GROUP REJECTS PIB, LAUDS GOV OKOWA, OTHERS OVER REJECTION Editor: Johnson Ebigide Tel: 08077308769 Website: information. Deltastate.gov.ng; Facebook: @delmininfo;Instagram: @delmininfo; NO DTS 1428: ASABA, NIGERIA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2021 GOV OKOWA CONGRATULATES…
by Kenneth Orere When the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released the 2020 National Poverty Index which saw Delta State leapfrog to second least poorest state (state with lowest number of poor people) in Nigeria, it came as no surprise to many Deltans. By 2010, Delta was ranked 10th. It is now classified as second…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has felicitated with Muslims in the country as they celebrate 2021 Eid-el-Kabir. He urged the Islamic faithful to emulate the Holy Prophet Mohammed by imbibing the ideals of sacrifice exemplified by him. The governor made the call in his Sallah message to the Muslims contained in a statement by…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Monday decried National Assembly’s rejection of electronic-transmission of elections results through the votes of most members of both chambers of the parliament against that clause in the Electoral Act. Speaking when he received the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Pastor Monday Udoh-Tom and his management team on…