*Governor at the press briefing
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON, at a
press briefing on Friday thanked journalists in the State for their partnership
with the State government. He noted that it is understandable that not all
commentary can be positive.
The Governor pointed out that at the
national level the challenge of Boko Haram remains and that as country the
effect of instability in the North East is felt across the nation, because more
Northerners are moving towards the South as internally displaced people. He said that inasmuch as the State would try to
accommodate law abiding citizens coming in, the State government would not
tolerate illegal immigrants, whose mission in the State was questionable. He asked the Nigerian Immigration Service to fish
out illegal immigrants in the State and deport them to their respective
countries.
Dr. Uduaghan advised
Deltans to be security conscious by knowing their neighbours and take interest
in cars, including packages carelessly left around their premises. He
emphasized that landlords should know their tenants.
Other security
challenge in the State has to do with inter-ethnic violence in the Ndokwa axis, although there is some quiet in
those areas now, he nonetheless said that a committee of inquiry will soon be
set up to look into the crisis. There is also some security challenge in Warri
South West but government is on the matter to make sure that the gas city comes
on stream.
On infrastructure, the Governor
noted that in the rainy season most of the Niger Delta is prone to flood, this
is particularly more serious in this part of the State, because of the terrain,
but that the State government is redesigning the drainage from Okpanam to
accommodate the dualization of the Okpanam road. He called on Deltans to be
patient with the State government. Dr. Uduaghan emphasized the fact that his
administration cannot finish tarring all roads in the State or rehabilitate all
schools in one fell swoop. It is therefore be on ethical for critics to pick on
one school not rehabilitated among the many already given facelift, as a basis
to declare government as not performing.
The Governor noted that
the philosophy behind school renovation was to take an entire school at once
but due lack of classrooms in some schools government is now forced to take
block of classrooms for renovation in such schools.
Dr. Uduaghan assured
that the work on the flyover bridges will definitely be completed before the
end of the administration. Regarding the Delta Broadcasting Service, Asaba,
he noted that the station is undergoing digitalization and that the progress of
work is encouraging. He further pointed out that the process is on to link the
three broadcast stations in the State. The Governor clarified the role of Tony
Iredia in DBS as being that of a trainer of staff of the broadcast service.
On the forthcoming
local government elections, he pointed out that he has not anointed any
candidates in the PDP but that the leaders at the various level are encouraged
to seek for consensus, wherever possible. He also noted that the PDP remains
the main political party in the State and country in general. So far across the
State, the candidates of the PDP are the only ones going round to canvass and
sensitize the people towards the local government elections, so if they win,
the opposition should not cry foul.
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