Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday, inaugurated a Committee for the Protection of Human Rights in the state, with a call on citizens to be law-abiding in all endeavours. Okowa made the call in Asaba while inaugurating the Committee, which is headed by him. Members of the Committee Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has on Thursday, signed into law the Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Bill, 2021 with a call on the Federal Government to assist interested farmers to establish ranches across the country. Okowa made this known after assenting to two Bills passed by the State House of Assembly…
The Delta State House of Assembly has passed the Prohibiting Open Grazing, indiscriminate Breeding, Rearing and Marketing of Livestock in Delta State, otherwise known as Anti-Open grazing bill. The Bill was passed following a motion to that effect by the Majority Leader of the House, Hon Ferguson Onwo and adopted during the Tuesday’s resumed plenary…
Delta State Government on Friday explained that it was not acquiring lands for herdsmen as wrongly reported in some quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu said in a statement in Asaba, that the bill before the State Assembly was for the regulation of livestock breeding, raring and marketing in the state. He…
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu on Thursday said the law to ban open grazing in the state would promote healthy and harmonious living among farmers and herders. Speaking on ‘The Morning Show’ on Arise TV, Aniagwu said that the law was not targeted at any section of the society but to provide…
The Fulani community in Delta on Monday dissociated itself from the 72-hour ultimatum to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa by “Fulani Jihadists” over proposed ban on open grazing by governors of southern states. In a news briefing in Asaba, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okowa on Special Duties, Alhaji Muktar Usman, flanked by the leadership of the Fulanis,…
*Says it’s impossible for federal police to secure the country Delta State governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, has berated critics of southern governors on the ban of opening grazing of cattle and the call for national dialogue to restructure Nigeria. These were part of the decisions taken when he hosted his 16 colleagues on 11 May,…
Immediate Past Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Mr. Charles Aniagwu on Monday, slammed critics of Southern governors’ ban on open grazing for being selfish and unpatriotic. The former Commissioner, who spoke on a radio programme “Do it right” on Nework Service of Radio Nigeria, said that the Southern Governors decision to ban open grazing…
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…