Interrogating Delta State’s Recycled Debt Narrative: A 20-Year Cycle of Mismanagement

By Shedrack Onitsha,   Over the past 16 years, successive PDP-led administrations in Delta State have consistently cited the state’s debt profile as a reason for their inability to fulfill campaign promises, diverting attention from the poor governance and lack of tangible development. Each new government has adopted the narrative of “mountainous debt” inherited from their predecessors, a convenient excuse for the poor leadership that has plagued the state for over two decades.   When Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan succeeded Chief James Onanefe Ibori in 2007, having served in Ibori’s administration…

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Understanding Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori (13): Inspiring Strategic And Sustainable Industrialization

  While Sheriff is being applauded for his commitment and performance in the construction of inherited and newly initiated projects, especially roads, bridges, markets, health and educational facilities, to reconfigure the infrastructural landscape of Delta State, he is also taking deliberate, concerted and intensive but quiet actions towards re-engineering the industrial landscape of the state for sustainable economic growth. Understanding that the informal productive sector accounts for the larger percentage of the GDP and to provide opportunities for all, in line with his MORE Agenda, his attention to re-developing Micro,…

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LG Election: Letter To Gov Sheriff Oborevwori Of Delta State

HIS EXCELLENCY, RT HON ELDER SHERIFF F.O OBOREVWORI THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF DELTA, ASABA SIR, RE: DELTA LGA POLL: WHY AGBARHA WARD SHOULD PRODUCE THE NEXT COUNCIL CHAIRMAN OF UGHELLI NORTH LGA As we prepare for the forthcoming council election in the state, it’s paramount to put forward at this time, political /power balancing of the various wards in Ughelli North Constituency 1 as regards political appointment. Your Excellency sir, it will not be out of point to say, this election is a preparation for the 2027 general election and…

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Oborevwori Mourns As Ex-Minister, Gbagi, Dies At 62

  Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori , has expressed his heart-felt condolences to the family of former Minister of Education (State), Chief Kenneth Gbagi, who passed on May 4. Gbagi a senior lawyer, businessman, governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in the 2023 general election and industrialist, passed on at 62, after a brief illness. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, Governor Oborevwori described the passing of Gbagi as tragic, unfortunate and heart-wrenching. He commiserated with the people of Ughelli South…

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LG Election: Group Holds Million Man Match For Ofomukoro

  Youths under the aegis of Comrade Lucky Olerhimena Ofomukoro Support Group, has appealed to the people of Ughelli North to rally round and support the chairmanship aspiration of Mr Lucky Ofomukoro in the July 13, council elections in the State. The group made this appeal during a million man March organized by Comrade Lucky Olerhimena Ofomukoro Support Group in Ughelli North local Government Area of Delta state. The group disclosed that Lucky Ofomukoro chairmanship aspirant in Ughelli North Local Government area under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP is one…

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I Strongly Advocate Financial Autonomy For LGs-Oborevwori

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, said he was in active support of financial autonomy for the local governments and the effective separation of powers. Governor Oborevwori who was speaking at a valedictory Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting he held with the outgoing local government chairmen in the state at the Exco Chambers, Government House, Asaba, said: “I believe in the separation of power. “As a lawmaker and the presiding officer of the State House of Assembly for six years, I am in support of financial…

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Gov Oborevwori In Action, Suspends Agric Commissioner, PS Over Shoddy Deals

Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has suspended Commissioner of For Agriculture, Permanent Secretary and Chief Accountant in the ministry of Agriculture over an alleged abuse of office, and misappropriation of fund. The commissioner, Mr Perez Omoun who was a former Chairman of Patani local government area was alleged to have transfer government fund into a private account. According to statement signed by the secretary to the Delta state government, Dr Kingsley Emu, an interim report against the Perez Omoun and others on Green House project perceived infractions. The…

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Oborevwori Still Committed To Be Governor For All – Ahon

    Chief Press Secretary to Delta State Governor, Sir Festus Ahon has assured Deltans that the state governor is  still committed to be a governor for all Deltans.   Ahon who stated this during a Radio programme in Kpoko FM monitored by our Politicsgovernance.com, thanked the people of the State for their support during the elections and legal battles.   He assured that the Oborewori’s administration would not take the support of the people for granted, noting that “the governor is fine and he is fast settling in for…

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OBOREVWORI AND DELTA GUBER POLL CASES: NOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS SPOKEN

BY MONDAY UWAGWU   Long ago, African sages held that no wise hunter willfully allows his community to chase after the evasive antelope in his new crop farm. The import of the ageless African proverb above is to the effect that, while misunderstandings maybe a necessary part of human life, even at the community level, the wise one would, if he were truly sincere, not persist in an unwise action which negative effects far out-weigh the envisaged benefits, if any, in the long run. For Deltans, the import of the…

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Oborevwori Supreme Court Victory Is An Era Of A New Dawn- Kpuwhara

….It is total governance going forward …..The realisation of the MORE AGENDA on course   Foremost national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogor Ward, and Senior Special Assistant Political, to the Delta State Governor, Olorogun Hon Kpuwhara Anthony JP, has described the Supreme Court affirming Sheriff Oborevwori as the governor of Delta State as an era of a new dawn. Olorogun Kpuwhara made this known while celebrating the victory of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori with party faithfuls at Oviri-Ogor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The…

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