Governors of the South-South States have demanded an upward review of the provision of 2.5 percent as Host Community Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to 10 percent in the best interest of oil communities and the nation. The governors have also advised President Mohammadu Buhari that in the absence of the Board…
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, charged newly-elected chairmen of the 25 local government councils in the state to formulate policies and programmes that would impact positively on the socio-economic well-being of rural people. Okowa gave the charge while inaugurating the chairmen and vice chairmen in Asaba. He explained that it was necessary for…
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, won all the 25 chairmanship seats in the Delta State local government council elections conducted by the State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC. The election which was held on Saturday was adjudged as peaceful, free and fair by members of the PDP. However, the All Progressives Congress, APC which pulled…
Delta governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has expressed satisfaction over the peaceful conduct of local government council elections held throughout the state . Governor Okowa who was speaking in an interview with journalists shortly after casting his vote at DSIEC ward 3; unit 3, (INEC ward two unit one) located at Eghoma Primary School, Owa-Alero in…
In clear demonstration of his love for the Seasiders, the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has donated a brand new coastal bus to Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, side Warri Wolves. Beside the 32-seater Toyota Coastal Bus, Governor Okowa also gave the coaching crew of the team a brand new Toyota Sienna. While making…
Rebecca Ejifoma looks at the benefits and economic gains of the recent concession of Asaba International Airport, Delta State, by the Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa government On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, the Asaba International Airport entered a new epoch, becoming the first brownfield airport concession in Nigeria. The concession was described by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday said the State Government would partner Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to develop the state’s maritime potential. Okowa stated this when the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh and his management team visited him at Government House, Asaba. He commended the management of the agency…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated Dr Njide Okonjo-Udochi on her emergence as first black female Physician-of-the-Year in the United States of America. This came as the world is celebrating the appointment of her elder sister’s, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO). In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr…
Bayelsa Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday inaugurated two roads and school projects constructed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Warri area, with a call on Deltans to sustain prevailing peace in the state. The projects are the Ubeji access road in Warri South Local Government Area, access road from NPA to Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said Nigeria’s oil industry had lost substantial investments due to delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Okowa stated this when he received on courtesy visit, the Co-Chairman, National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Monguno and members of the committee…