Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has felicitated with Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa on his 62nd birthday anniversary. Bashorun Askia Ogieh, in a signed statement titled, “62 Garlands For A Great Leader”, said the Board, Management and Staff of DESOPADEC are privileged to walk the path you have charted to making a difference in our mandate communities.” He affirmed that the Governor Okowa’s visionary reform and remodeling of DESOPADEC have ushered robust achievements, in meeting the expectations…
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RE: DISTRESSING STATE OF DESOPADEC UNDER THE PDP-LED GOVERNMENT
..WHEN FACTS ARE TURNED ON THEIR HEAD BY THE DELTA APC We are constrained to respond with swift and responsive tenor to the hogwash being spewed in its surfeit by the opposition All Progressives Congress in Delta State, if not for anything, but to set the record straight on the steady and unhindered trajectory of interventions by the agency, ably steered by some of Delta State’s team of technocrats and leaders at the grassroots. For a start, the noble objectives of the Commission have continued to inspire…
Read MoreRamadan: DESOPADEC MD, Askia Calls For Sober Reflection And Prayers
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has called for deep sober reflections and prayers as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan fasting. Bashorun Askia in an Eid-el-Fitri message, enjoined all Muslims to rededicate Nigeria to God as the country faces existential challenges, adding, “The fasting was successful and the spirits of all Muslim faithful were lifted high. And it is without doubt that God answered all supplications and rewarded accordingly.” The statement reads: “As the Muslim faithful celebrate the…
Read MoreBashorun Askia Ogieh Mourns Fmr Delta Acting Gov Sam Obi
The Managing Director/ CEO of DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh jas described the demise of the former Delta State Acting Governor, Rt.Hon Sam Obi as irreplaceable. The DESOPADEC Boss in a statement while lamenting the death of Sam Obi said, “We were like bolt and Nut while he was alive. He said, “At a time Delta State had to contend with a near crisis situation when the then Governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, was removed by the Court of Appeal, it was Rt. Hon. Prince Sam Obi as Speaker…
Read MoreEASTER: A Season Of Restoration-Askia Ogieh
The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described the death of Jesus Christ as a season of restoration. Askia in a statement urged christians to work together by upholding the virtues of Christ and rediscover the drive for development. The statement reads: “About this time last year, the world was held hostage by an unknown phenomenon that brought a strange disease, disrupted the world we used to know and unleashed an unprecedented season of decline, loss…
Read MoreSports: Bashorun Askia Congratulates Amaju Pinnck, Tasks Him on Grassroots Football
Managing Director of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has congratulated Mr. Amaju Pinnick on his election into the FIFA Executive Council, the highest decision making organ of the international football body. In a statement released in Warri on Monday, the DESOPADEC boss urged the NFF President to use his new position at FIFA to help promote and develop Nigerian football, especially grassroots football. “While I celebrate and applaud you on your well deserved victory, I wish to quickly urge you to use this…
Read MoreDESOPADEC Board, Mourn Pa Okowa As Management Pay Condolence Visit To Delta Gov
Bashorun Askia led Desopadec Board in Delta state has condoled the state governor, Sen Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his entire family members over death of their father, Pa Authur Okorie Okowa. The Board was led by its Executive Director/ CEO, Bashorun Askia Ogieh and Chairman, Evang. Michael Diden Ejele. We, the entire Members of the Board and Management of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, today, February 2, 2021 paid a condolence visit to His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor of Delta State, on the…
Read MoreBashorun Askia Foundation Offers Free Medical Treatment To Isoko Indigenes
By Ted Atagbaza In continuation of his humanitarian activities in the State, the Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, under the auspices of the Bashorun Askia Foundation, BAF, organised free medical treatment for Isoko Indigenes. The three-day exercise which took off on Saturday, 23rd of January, 2021, at the Bashorun Askia Civic Center, Uzere, ended today, Monday, 25th of January, 2021, amidst encomiums from the Indigenes. Declaring the exercise open, Bashorun Ogieh said it was the little he could do for…
Read MoreDESOPADEC MD, Askia Ogieh Commission Projects In Emonu-Orogun
The Managing Director/CEO of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, on 20th of January 2021, commissioned two (2) blocks consisting of six classrooms, a Library, Headmaster/ Headmistress’ office with adjoining toilets and additional four (4) toilets for staff and pupils of Emonu-Orogun, in Ughelli North Local Government Area. Addressing the people, Bashorun Ogieh promised to include the provision of a 500 KVA transformer and equipping of the Library built, in the Commission’s next budget. He then enjoined the people of the community to ensure…
Read MoreDESOPADEC Launches Bursary Website
The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has in Warri, announced the launch of its much awaited bursary website. The completely revamped website features a simplified design, improved menu functionality and enriched contents areas to help students of the DESOPADEC mandate areas to make informed application for the bursary. According to a release by Management of the Commission, for the ease of application, a Website, www.desopadecbursary.ng has been opened and all interested and eligible students were therefore advised to visit the Website to apply and complete the…
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