Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, told GODWIN IJEDIOGOR of THE GUARDIAN in Asaba that the state government is happy with the progress being recorded in youth empowerment, which has contributed in reducing youth restiveness, and hopes that peace continues to reign in Warri over the Olu of Warri stool, among other issues.…
Delta governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Saturday, announced that the multi-billion naira new civil service secretariat being built by his administration in Asaba would be named after the Asagba of Asaba, Obi (Prof.) Chike Edozien Okowa announced this at the 30th coronation and 97th birth anniversary celebration of the Asaba monarch held at his…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has commiserated with the Oniga family, Urhobo nation and Nollywood over the passing of veteran actress, Rachael Oniga. . The renowned movie star, who hails from Eku in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta, reportedly died on Friday in Lagos. She was 64. In a statement in Asaba on…
Delta Government has approved an “indicative budget” of N425 billion for 2022. The reconstituted State Executive Council approved the budget at its maiden meeting presided by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba on Friday. Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Barry Gbe, said that the council approved the…
Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that health insurance for children, women and the vulnerable was a sure way of checking maternal and infant mortality in the country. Okowa stated this when he received the National Executive Committee of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba. He…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday swore in 11 new commissioners, with a charge to them to promote unity in their utterances and actions, and eschew mutual suspicion. The governor also advised the commissioners to avoid issues that would breed distrust, exclusion and resentment among the people, saying that they emerged through a rigorous selection process…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh UCHUNU DOMINICA OGE: Many beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Job Creation Scheme have continued to share amazing testimonies of how the scheme took them out of the streets and made them meaningfully engaged to live a life of self-reliance. One of such beneficiaries is Oge Dominica Uchunu. She hails from Ndokwa…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated budding poet, Othuke Umukoro, for emerging winner of Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021. Okowa’s felicitation with the Olomoro in Isoko South of Delta-born poet was conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba. He described Umukoro, a teacher, as one of…
Delta Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, charged political appointees in his administration to contribute to efforts of the state government in surmounting socio-economic and developmental challenges confronting the state. Okowa gave the charge while swearing in eight new Special Advisers at the Government House, Asaba. He remarked that appointments made by him so…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh. In furtherance of its efforts at ensuring that trainees of the its STEP programme graduate into seasoned entrepreneurs and wealth creators, the Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau has held its Second Mid-Training Review Meeting with STEP trainees. The review meeting which was interactive in nature was attended by…