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DESOPADEC MD, Askia Flags-Off Projects Commissioning As Board Marks First Anniversary

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By Politicsgovernance.com Managing Director/CEO, Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has appealed to Oil producing communities in the state to protect projects sited in their various communities to encourage the Commission to do more for them. Speaking at the flagging off of the commissioning of projects to mark the first anniversary of the Board, Askia said, “The essence of the commissioning was to showcase to the people what the Board has been able to achieve for them this past one year. “You will recall that…

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Okowa Is A Visionary Leader As Askia Celebrates Him At 61

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The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission,, DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described the state governor, Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on the occasion of his birthday as a visionary leader that has remodeled Delta state in recent times. Bashorun Askia in his birthday congratulatory message to the governor said, “Your Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, as you mark your birthday today, we at Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) are proud to celebrate you and to further pledge our…

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Maj-Gen Omu At 80: DESOPADEC MD, Askia Calls Him A Bridge Builder And Mentor

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  Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has felicitated with elder statesman and Othuke of Isokoland, Major-General (Chief) Paul Ufuoma Omu (rtd.), as he clocks 80 years of age. Bashorun Askia, in a personally signed statement describes the former Military Governor of South-Eastern State, Nigeria between July 1975 and July 1978, as his mentor, father, bridge builder of repute and foremost peace ambassador, According to Askia, My joy is that Major-General Omu’s track record, as an elder statesman, national leader…

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DESOPADEC Loses Overah As Askia Mourns

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  The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has expressed shock and sadness over the death of one of the board members of the agency, Hon. Joyce Overah. The late board member who represented the Urhobo ethnic nationality of Sapele, Ethiope West and Okpe Local Council Areas, died on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 after a brief illness. “We have lost an articulate, passionate and forthright member of our board whose painful passage is hard to imagine. But…

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Chief E. K Clark, A Towering Pillar At 93, Says DESOPADEC MD

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  The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Bashorun Askia Ogieh has described Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark as a towering pillar and source of strength to many he has mentored. Bashorun Askia said Chief E.K. Clark who is celebrating his 93 years birthday, is an avowed advocate of equal rights, defender of justice and fairness. In a birthday message he personally signed, Bashorun Askia said: “It is with a heart full of pride and thankfulness to God almighty that I celebrate…

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Askia Foundation, BAF Donates Food Items To Okada/Keke Riders In Isoko Nation

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  Bashorun Askia Foundation, BAF, a Non-Governmental Organization has donated food items worth millions of naira to  commercial Motorcycles and Tricycle  Riders in Isoko nation to cushion the effect of the lockdown directives by the Delta State government.   The Delta State Government have has further announced another 14 days lockdown over the unabated spread of Coronavirus pandemic also know as COVID -19.   The President of the Foundation, Bashorun Askia Ogieh while presenting the items at IDU secretariat in Oleh, Isoko South said, “The Okada and Keke Riders are…

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Lockdown: BAF Foundation Presents Food Items To Isoko Nation

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…Promises To Do More   As part of its social responsibilities, the President of Bashorun Askia Foundation and DESOPADEC Managing Director/CEO Bashorun Askia Ogieh (FCNA, CrFA) has presented Sundry Food Items to Isoko Nation as his contribution towards cushioning the effect of the Stay at Home orders of Government caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.   Presenting the items to the President General of Isoko Development Union, IDU, High Chief Iduh Amadhe and some communities Presidents, Askia stressed the need for even distribution without Party or religious considerations. He said, In…

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PLANNED MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF CALUMNY AGAINST DESOPADEC

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  IT has come to the attention of the management of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) that some disgruntled elements and newly formed opposition groups have planned to launch a campaign of calumny and blackmail against the Commission, using some local tabloids and social media platforms.   In a statement Signed by Sunny Areh, Special Adviser (Media and Communication) to the MD/CEO of DESOPADEC, “These individuals have already concocted mischievous and malicious lies from the pit of hell to tarnish the image of the Commission and to…

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DESOPADEC Bags Agency Of The Year At Independent Newspaper Awards

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  Perez Brisibe UGHELLI – THE Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has bagged the agency of the year award at the 2020 edition of the Independent Newspaper Awards. The event which was held on Saturday in Lagos, had in attendance the Delta State Deputy Governor, Kingsley Otuaro who also bagged an award as Peace Ambassador of the Niger Delta. Accepting the award on behalf of DESOPADEC, managing director of the commission, Bashorun Askia Ogieh who graced the event in company of other executives of the DESOPADEC board,…

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DESOPADEC Takes Lassa Fever Campaign To Mandate Areas

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Against the widespread and individual panic of lassa fever, the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has embarked on enlightenment campaign to compliment the efforts of the state government on measures to curb the spread of the dreaded virus in Delta.   The Chairman of the Commission, and Managing Director/CEO, Evang. Michael Diden, and Bashorun Askia Ogieh has mandated the Medical Health and Safety Unit of the Commission to embark on an enlightenment campaign in all mandate areas of representation on the epidemiology and control of Lassa fever.…

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