Distinguished gentlemen of the press, I welcome you all to this briefing. You will recall that on 12th October, 2013, INEC conducted a bye election in Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State to fill the vacant position which the death of Senator Pius Ewherido created. The result of the said bye election has been released by INEC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the greatest and largest party in Delta State, in Nigeria and in Africa, won overwhelmingly. To this end, I want to thank the great people of Delta Central Senatorial District for this massive support given to…
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The Delta State free healthcare campaign has yielded positive result as Government has declared tremendous decrease in maternal mortality rate. In accordance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) health paradigm for 2013 which is set at maternal mortality of 250 per 100,000 births, the Delta State Government has successfully recorded 224 mortality per 100,000 births beyond the set goal. Speaking to newsmen, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health Monitoring, Dr. Rukevwe Ugwumba, stated that when the Government started the free health care policy, maternal mortality rate in the State was about 550 but has receded in less than…
The Enugu State Government says it will soon commence demolition of building material shops located in residential areas of the state capital. Mr Ike Ugwuegede, Commissioner for Enugu Capital Territory Development authority, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday. Ugwuegede said the action was part of government’s efforts to sanitise the city and make life comfortable for residents. The commissioner also said that such shops posed serious threat to people living in those houses. According to him, all the shops on Nike Lake Road will be demolished as they are all illegal structures. “There are places like…
THE BLIND ON A ROAD WALK TO MARK INTERNATIONAL ‘WHITE CANE’ AND SAFETY DAY IN LAFIA THURSDAY Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state on Thursday directed the Ministry for Women Affair and Social Development to take the census of all physically challenged persons in the state. The governor gave the directive in Lafia, when the state chapter of the Nigeria Association of the Blind paid him Sallah homage. He said the census would enable the state government to have a solid data base capturing all the details of the physically challenged persons in the state. “This would help us to determine the…
Imo Newspapers retirees under the aegis of the National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products Workers (NUPPPPROW) on Wednesday called on Gov. Rochas Okorocha to pay their terminal benefits. The retirees made the appeal in Owerri when their executive members, led by Mr Adolphus Ike, visited the Secretariat of the Imo State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Ike lamented that the retirees had yet to receive their terminal benefits since they retired, adding that this had led to the death of some of them. “We have lost many of our members to death because of hardship, frustration and hunger.…
Chief Charles Nwodo, the National Chairman of the defunct Progressive Action Congress, (PAC), has said that the establishment of an Electoral Offences Tribunal will help to curb electoral malpractices. Nwodo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “The setting up of the tribunal has become imperative. As it would deter those people who take pleasure in fermenting trouble during elections. “The mere fact that those who commit offences during elections are not punished, the perpetrators and their sponsors see it as an avenue to do whatever they like. “Those who find it as…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has urged Nigerians to eschew all forms of political and religious extremism and lay the foundation for sustainable development and national integration. Governor Uduaghan, who gave this charge in Asaba in his goodwill message to Muslim faithfuls to mark the 2013 Eid-el-Kabir celebration, said that Nigerians must imbibe the lessons of the Eid-el-Kabir festival which are spirit of kindness, piety and commitment to duty, including the promotion of religious harmony and peaceful co-existence. He called on Nigerians to embrace peace and religious harmony in their daily activities and show genuine love and respect for…
Following the announcement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Chief Emmanuel Edesiri Aguariavwodo, as the winner of the Delta Central Senatorial District bye-election, Delta State Governor, Dr.Emmanuel Uduaghan has attributed the party’s victory at the polls to its strong ward structure. Dr. Uduaghan who made this revelation at a victory party held at his house in Warri, said that the victory had shown that the PDP had built a strong ward structure in the State, urging its members not to go to sleep because of the victory, but rather work towards strengthening their wards. The Governor advised them to remain…
The South African Consul General to Nigeria, Amb. Sam Monaisa has expressed the hope of direct flight from Cape Town and Durban, South Africa to the Asaba International Airport in the nearest future. The Consul General, who was in the State for the official commissioning of the Nelson Mandela Garden project, stated this while speaking to a group of journalists during a visit to some projects done by the Delta State Government around the State capital. According to the Consul General who said he was impressed at the infrastructural development around the State capital especially the Asaba International Airport, described…