Delta State Government has approved over twenty-seven projects running into billions of naira to boost infrastructural development in the state. The Commissioner of Information, Barrister Chike Ogeah made the disclosure when briefed journalists on Wednesday this week, after the State Executive Council…
DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has said that efforts were on by the State to reduce its energy consumption as it partners energy giant, Philips to drive the Government’s green economy programme Speaking at the weekend in Abuja during a meeting…
The Chief of Staff, Government House and Protocol, Asaba, Dr. Festus Okubor has enjoined deltans to tap into the enormous agricultural potentials of the state to create wealth and jobs for the youths. Dr Okubor who stated this on Tuesday, July 02,…
Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has disclosed that the state government has released the sum of over N1.6 billion to the 25 local government Councils being their share of the Subsidy, Reinvestment and Empowerment Program (SURE-P) funds Governor Uduaghan who was…
In a bid to track-up funds allegedly being diverted by some Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Delta state, Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has directed that all internal revenues accruing to the state government must be collected solely by the Board of Internal…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has assented to the 2013 Appropriation Bill of N472 billion, made up of N316 billion for Capital Expenditure and N156 billion for Recurrent Expenditure. Governor Uduaghan, while signing the Bill into law on Monday, March 04,…
THE ground breaking ceremony to signal commencement of work at the Warri Industrial Business Park (WIBP) would take place in the second quarter of 2013, Chairman of the Delta State Economic Advisory team, Mr. Bismark Rewane has said. Rewane, at a meeting…
Delta State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU ) with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to establish a shoe manufacturing and leather works production and training centre in the Asaba. The Centre which would be spread across 2.6…
Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR) has expressed its zeal to commence a comprehensive audit of the 25 local government areas in the state to determine their level of compliance in relation to revenue generation and remittance. Chairman of the Board,…
Delta State Government has set a target of three weeks for the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy (C Of O) on all government allocated lands and three months for private lands. The move, according to the State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan is…
Nigeria’s biggest listed company, Dangote Cement has opened a $1 billion cement plant, raising its production capacity in Africa’s most populous nation by more than 40 percent. The new plant, commissioned by President Jonathan on Thursday, is situated in Ibese, Ogun State…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N563.089 billion among Nigeria’s three tiers of government from gross revenue of N626.178 billion that accrued to the federation reserves in April. The funds meant for the 36 states and local…
Despite some genuine complaints by some elements in the country, evidence are bounds that Nigerians had breathe a sigh of relief in the oil sector since President Goodluck Jonathan mounted the saddle of leadership as the President of Nigeria in May 2011….
Delta State Economic Advisory Committee at the weekend met in Warri to articulate policies and programmes for the rapid economic development of the State particularly through the enhancement of agriculture and creation of jobs for the youths. In attendance at the meeting…
In a bid to further its palliative measures to cushion the effect of the on-going deregulation of the downstream sector on Deltans, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has launched the “Kerosene Direct Sale” in Asaba with a warning to officials in charge not to…
The on-going strike action embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) alongside their affiliate unions over the recent removal of fuel subsidy and subsequent increase in petrol pump price was successful in parts of Delta…
Delta state governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has signed the 2012 appropriation bill of 437 billion naira into law and promised to pay special and prompt attention to the Transport, Education and power sectors. Recall that the governor had in December last year…
The three tiers of government in Nigeria have shared a total of N603.444 billion from federally collected revenue for the month of October, which would be used for November expenditure. A communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee…
Delta state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured Saudi Energy Company, Xenel Group that President Goodluck Jonathan is committed to the development of the Koko Free zone in furtherance of the federal government gas revolution agenda. Governor Uduaghan who was hosted to…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has charged states in the Federation to partner with it and NDDC to grow cassava and rice in a large scale as part of measures to check unemployment and food crisis in the country. The…
As environmental pollution and degradation threaten coastal states, Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated a 14 man committee that will find solution to the challenges posed by climate change. Inaugurating the committee in Asaba, Dr. Uduaghan charged members of the…
Delta State Government has disbursed a total of N1.7 billion to about 85,724 clients made up of 8,070 cluster groups comprising 54,507 industries and agriculture production, serves industries and Delta Oceanic Micro Credit Scheme Account (DOMSA). The state Government allegedly spent the N1.7bn on its micro-credit scheme…
