Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has said that for Nigeria to truly develop as a nation, there must be a partnership between government and the people, predicated on equity, fairness and justice. The governor stated this at a State Banquet in honour of retiring Chief Judge of the state, Justice Marshal Umukoro, on Saturdsy…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Army and the Attahiru family on the tragic death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, describing the incident as deeply saddening In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Saturday in Asaba, the…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday said he dissolved the state’s Executive Council to check distraction in governance. The governor gave the explanation in Asaba at his quarterly media interaction with journalists in Delta. He admitted that many of the commissioners worked very hard in helping him to achieve the successes his administration…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday dissolved the State Executive Council shortly after the Council’s meeting presided over by him. Also affected by the dissolution are Special Advisers, the Secretary to State Government, Senior Political Adviser, Chief Strategist of the government and the Chief of Staff. The immediate past Commissioner for Information, Mr.…
Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said that the Judiciary in the state had been accorded full autonomy in line with the law. Okowa made this known in Asaba on Tuesday when he received the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Marshal Umukoro, who came with other judges in the state’s judiciary to…
Governor of Delta, governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has charged elected and appointed politicians to maintain and sustain intimacy with their people by contributing to their socio-economic wellbeing. The governor gave the charge at the empowerment for the people of Aniocha/ Oshimili Federal Constituency by the Minority Leader of House of Representatives and member representing the…
Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday said resolutions reached at the Southern Governors Forum’s meeting held in Asaba recently were for the good of the nation. Okowa stated this while speaking at the empowerment of constituents of Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency by their representative and Minority Leader of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Godwin…
Members of the National Assembly have been called upon to cut their recess short and join hands with stakeholders in finding lasting solution to the insecurity challenge militating against the unity and corporate existence of the country. The Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Mr Charles Aniagwu made the call on Thursday, while speaking on…
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has described the resolutions of the Southern Governors’ Forum in Asaba, yesterday as a new dawn for not just Southern Nigeria but the entire country. Speaking on a current affairs program, This Morning, monitored on TVC on Wednesday, Aniagwu said the meeting of the Southern Governors was a reunion…
The Governors of Southern States of the country on Tuesday, announced their resolution to ban open grazing and movement of cattle by foot across the region as part of measures to check incursion of armed herders and banditry. The governors made this known in a communique at the end of their meeting in Asaba. In…