Delta Retirees, Pensioneers Ground Asaba Over Unpaid Gratuity And Pension

  Aggrieved members of the Delta State Local Government/Primary School Teachers Contributory Retirees today, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 hit the roads in Asaba to make good their decision to do a peaceful protest to call attention of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the public to their plights with a view to getting the governor to show compassion and benevolence to them in their predicaments. They are aged, fragile men and women, who wore black outfits chanting songs and carrying placards with various inscriptions to press home their demand for attention and…

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Opinion: COVID-19 SALARY CUT, Where Is Okowa’s Conscience?

By Ogegere Enis   In the words of Martin Luther King Jnr., on some positions, Cowardice ask the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency ask the question, ‘Is it politics?’ And Vanity comes along and ask the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But Conscience ask the question, ‘Is it right?’ The above and what has been playing out between the manager of Delta’s resources, Gov. Ifaenyi Okowa, workers of the state and their salaries, has prompted me to ask; DID OKOWA HAVE CONSCIENCE? Many would be wondering why this thought provoking question.…

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 Delta DIDA Boss Prays For Quick Recovery Of Sen. Dr. Okowa, Family, And Cabinet Members

    By Victor Bieni ASABA- The Chairman, Delta State Investment Development Agency (DIDA), And Executive Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State On Investment Matters, Mr Paul Nmah, The DG of the Agency, and the entire Staff of the Ageny has yesterday prayed for the quick recovery of Deltans who were Victims of the global Covid-19 Pandemic in Delta State as the the dreaded coronavirus has not limited its ugly hands on the common man in the street rather continue to displayed the attitude of no respecter of…

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Okowa’s Daring Tackle On The Housing Challenge

  BY FIDELIS EGUGBO,   In a few months, Delta will be celebrating 29 years of its creation. The geographical area, Delta State as we know it today, is a culmination of political and historical events, including a succession of governments, that shaped the entity over the years partly under the defunct Western Region, Midwest, Bendel in post-independence Nigeria. Interestingly, a historical monument, the Mungo Park building in Asaba also attests to the fact that the ancient city of Asaba, which is today, Delta’s capital, was at a time the…

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Delta Speaker, Oborevwori, Felicitates With Okowa On First Anniversary Of Second Term In Office

  *** Describes  Him As A  Visionary Leader  With Unquantifiable  Achievements The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated the State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on his first anniversary of his second term in office, describing him as a tested, trusted and visionary leader with unquantifiable achievements. In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, while felicitating with the Governor on the occasion of the celebration of his first anniversary of his second term in office, the Speaker said…

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