Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday said Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, would commence full academic activities before the end of February, 2022. Okowa disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists shortly after inspecting ongoing projects in the new university as well as the offices and residential apartments of the Secretary to the State…
In continuation of its drive to find a lasting solution to the ongoing herder/ farmer conflict in the state, the Chairman of the state Livestock Management Committee, Chief Julius Egbedi has advocated for synergy with Security Outfits in the state. In separate visits to their offices of the State Security Services, Nigerian Security and Civil…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh ILOBA, STEPHEN ONYEKA is one of the pioneer beneficiaries of the Delta State Government’s Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) in the 2015/2016 Cycle. He hails from Aniocha North Local Government Area and studied at the Institute of Management Technology, Enugu where he obtained anHND in Marketing. After four years of…
By Tina Oki The contractor handling the triple cell box culvert on the rehabilitation of Old Lagos Bypass Road linking the Expressway by Okpanam Junction have been instructed to stop further works on the project and evacuate all precast drains immediately. The State Commissioner for Works, Urban and Highways, Mr Noel Omodon gave the directive…
Delta Government said it had approved an upward review of contract cost of Ayakoromo Bridge project from N6 billion to N10.5 billion. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, told journalists in Asaba that the review was part of decisions reached at the first State Executive Council meeting in 2022, which was presided over by…
Governor of Delta, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has said that the ongoing construction of Koka flyover and interchange in Asaba, the State capital, would be completed before the end of 2022. Okowa gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen shortly after inspecting the project on Tuesday. The state government last year began the construction of…
In the wake of the recent dispute between the Uwheru community and herdsmen, the Chairman, Delta State Livestock Management Committee, Chief Julius Egbedi has assured of peaceful coexistence between both parties. Giving the assurance during a townhall meeting with herdsmen and stakeholders in Ughelli North which held at the Council Secretariat, Egbedi said that the…
By Tina Oki The Commissioner for Works, Urban and Highways, Mr Noel Omodon has assures Deltans that all roads, bridges and drainages projects awarded by the Okowa administration will be completed before this administration winds down. The Commissioner who was speaking in an interview today in his office on the state of bridges across the…
By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh and Ese Laura Oghene In furtherance of its commitment to creating employment for youths in the state, the Delta State Government has established graduands of its Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) trained in Welding and Fabrication with starter packs to begin their enterprises. The graduands were enrollees of the 2020/2021 STEP…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has urged the National Assembly to immediately conclude issues surrounding the Electoral Act Amendment Bill by overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto. The forum made the call in a communique at the end of its meeting on Monday in Port-Harcourt. In the communique read by it’s Chairman and Governor…