Delta State Government has vowed to descend heavily on Principals and School Heads who indulge in the collection of illegal levies in public primary and post primary schools in the state. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, in a statement in Asaba yesterday stated that the state government has zero…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has charged the 83 Independent Monitors of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in Delta State to carry out their responsibilities with utmost diligence and sincerity. Hajiya Farouk gave the charge on Thursday while declaring open, the training/onboarding of the Independent…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye made the announcement during a live briefing on Thursday. She said that the vaccine can be stored at 2 to 8-degree centigrade. According to the NAFDAC…
Delta State government has ordered the immediate closure of all Lesson Centres across the state in order to ensure sanity in their operations.The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, who disclosed this in Asaba yesterday (17/02/2021) when members of the Delta State Child Right Implementation Committee paid him an advocacy visit, said…
The Delta State government has revealed that it has concluded plans to concession the Airport to the private sector so as to ensure efficiency in service delivery and professional management. The state Information Commissioner, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, made this revelation today while playing host to the Executve members of The African Child foundation International NGO,…
Following the announcement that the State Government’s new policy to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy for land owners who have failed to develop lands allocated to them two years after the allocation, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has advised Deltans to be cautious when purchasing land from ‘land brokers’ in the state.…
By Oghenero Orovwuje The Delta State Government has reassured Ministries, Departments and Agencies of its continued support to actualising the stronger Delta vision of the Okowa Administration. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Chiedu Ebie disclosed this today when officials of the State Primary Health Care Agency (SPHCDA) paid him a courtesy visit…
The Delta State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, has condemned in strong terms, the claim by a group of private school owners in the state via online publications, that the state government considered a waiver of the payment of the annual licence renewal fee payable by private schools as part of efforts to cushion…
A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba has dissolved the Delta State Management Committee on Public Motor Park and Land Transportation, popularly known as Up Delta, declaring it illegal, null and void. The state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, had dragged governing council of the Delta State Management Committee…
The remains of Sir Okorie Okowa, father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, were on Tuesday, laid to rest at Owa-Alero, Ika North East Local Government Area of the state. Pa Okowa, 88, died on Jan. 28, 2021, after a brief illness. Beside family members at the private funeral, Archbishop of Bendel Province, Anglican Communion,…