Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has charged the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers’ (NUPENG’s) leadership to sustain its contributions towards the country’s sustainable economic growth and stability. The governor made the call on Tuesday when he received the new leadership of the union which paid a courtesy visit to Government House, Asaba, […]
Delta State Government on Wednesday announced that it had approved N250 million for the 2021 cassava development programme. The programme will be coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, made the disclosure during his media chat with journalists after the State Executive Council meeting. He also hinted that […]
South-South Governors on Tuesday demanded the upward review from 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent, appropriated to the Trust Fund for host oil Communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) now before the National Assembly. The Chairman of the South-South Forum and Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, was quoted by News Agency of […]
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday said Nigeria’s hydrocarbon resources industry was losing substantial investments due to delay in the passage of Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Okowa made this remark when he received on courtesy visit, the Co-Chairman, National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Bill, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Monguno and members of the committee […]
The Delta State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the N390.3 billion Appropriation Bill proposed for the 2019 fiscal year. The bill, which was passed during the plenary of the assembly, followed a report presented by the Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu. The passed bill showed an increase of N23.3 billion […]
The Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday presented budget estimates of N367, 095,083,451:00 billion for the 2019 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly. Speaking on the Appropriation Bill christened ‘Budget of Sustainable Growth’, Okowa said N157 billion, representing 42.79 percent would be committed to recurrent expenditures while N209.9 billion, or 57.21 […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) today pledged N500 million to create an entrepreneurship programme for indigenes of Delta State. The founder and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu, made the commitment after presenting 50 beneficiaries of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme to the state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, in Asaba. He said: “Your Excellency, […]