Okowa Salutes Workers, Pledges Improved Welfare

  As workers in Nigeria and across the globe mark Labour Day on May 1, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has felicitated with those in the state and commended them for their support and contributions to the growth and development of the state.   In a message to the workers, Okowa said that “Stop the Pandemic at Work”, the theme of this year’s commemoration of the Day, was strikingly apt, especially with the global fight against the Coronavirus disease otherwise known as COVID-19. He said that like the global community,…

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Set Up Covid-19 Testing Centre In Warri, IMG Tells Okowa

  The Isoko Monitoring Group (IMG) has applauded the establishment of a Covid-19 testing centre at Asaba by Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, canvassing the need to set up a centre at Warri. The group, in a statement by it’s Spokesman, Dr. Kingsley Oroh, said: “IMG issued a press statement on 24th April, 2020 where IMG stated that the practice of transporting samples of COVID-19 patients from Delta to Edo State for testing was inappropriate, totally unacceptable and therefore implored the government to step up its fight against the…

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May Day :  You Are Partners In Progress, Dependable, Diligent, Oborevwori Tells Workers

  The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has felicitated with  Nigerian workers on the occasion of the  Labour Day Celebration, imploring them to observe the safety health protocol of regular hand washing with soap, use of alcohol-based hand sanitiser, social/ physical distancing and the use of face mask. In a Press Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu, the Speaker, while specifically congratulating all workers in Delta State, said that  this year Workers’ Day was  being marked under a very difficult…

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DELTA ASSEMBLY RESUMES PLENARY, PASSES TWO BILLS

  The Delta State House of Assembly has passed two bills on resumption of plenary after a compulsory six weeks break over the Coronavirus pandemic. The bills are the Delta State Fiscal Responsibility Amendment   Bill and the Delta State Public Procurement Bill 2020. The  House at plenary on Thursday, April 30, 2020  also received a letter from the State Governor, Senator  Ifeanyi Okowa which contained a bill for a law establishing the Delta State Internal Revenue Service and its Board. Opening debate on the Delta State Fiscal Responsibility Amendment…

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