The Commissioner for Works (Highways/Urban Roads) Mr Noel Omodon has assured Deltans and other road users that the Asaba/Ughelli Road dualization project will not be abandoned but completed in prime time. Mr Omodon gave the assurance in Asaba on the heels of complaint by citizens that the project had been abandoned as the contractor handling…
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Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, on Tuesday charged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that electronic transmission of results from polling units in 2023 general elections and beyond was achieved. Aniagwu made the call when he received the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Monday Udoh-Tom and his delegation, who were on…
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Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, charged contractors handling government projects in the state to intensify their efforts so as to meet contractual obligations and deadline. Okowa gave the charge while speaking to newsmen shortly after inspecting ongoing projects at newly-established Dennis Osadebe University, Leisure Park and Film Village all in Asaba. At…
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By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh. OGBIYE AYORUNME SIMON is the CEO of Omorovie Fish Farm located at YAGEP Fish Farm Cluster at Egbokodo-Itsekiri in Warri South Local Government Area. He got enrolled in the Delta State Government’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme (YAGEP) in the 2016/2017 Cycle having searched for a well-paid white-collar job for four year after…
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The Delta State Executive Council on Thursday, approved the extension of Warri-Uvwie Storm Drainage project to ensure proper and enduring control of flood in the area when completed. The extension, according to the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, consists of flood control works in Ugbuwangue community in Warri South Local Government Area and additional…
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Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, charged youths in the state to leverage the various skills acquisition and entrepreneurial development programmes of his administration to extricate themselves from poverty. He made the call while opening the maiden annual retreat of the youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aniocha North Local Government…
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Delta State Government has put all mechanisms in place to ensure all eligible voters participate in the on-going continuous voter registration (CVR) and has subsequently direct all political appointees to mobilize to the grassroots for sensitization. This, the state government said is to ensure that the Delta has a good number of votes for the…
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By Donald Ojebo The Delta State Government has assured that it would not for any reason compromise the standard of project delivery as far as its hospitals are concerned in order not to jeopardize the health and lives of residents of the State. Dr. Mordi Ononye, Delta State Commissioner for Health made this known during…
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By Donald Ojebo The Delta State Government has said that the state had not recorded any case of Delta Variant as the third wave of the COVID-19 virus spreads in the country and assured residents that the state government was monitoring the trends to ensure lives were saved. The Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr.…
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Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Friday, said every sector of the state economy would receive attention within the limit of available resources in 2022. Okowa made the disclosure while inaugurating Omene Road, Lawrence/Iju Road and Laboard Road all in Sapele as well as Hon. Onosa Road, Jesse and Sargin Erhivieta/Mission Road Jesse, in…
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