THE UNCT-United Nations Country Team led by Ambassador Shola Omoregie earlier today at 13:00hr presented its report on Delta state at the ongoing 69th Session(2014) of the UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY in New York, USA.
The presentation which took place at meeting Room 6, UN General Assembly Building in NY, USA was kick-started by Ambassador Joy Ogwu who is Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the UNITED NATIONS. She commended the Delta State Government for making her a proud DELTAN through it's MDG-Tailored Governance where the weak in the society are given priority attention through affirmative action as reflected in the free maternal healthcare Programme, the free under-5 and over-65 medical Programme, the micro-credit scheme, the Edumarshal program and the provision after access to portable water for Deltans. She enjoined the Governor to keep the flag flying.
On his own part, the Country Co-ordination/Leader of the UNCT; Ambassador Shola Omoregie in his remarks commended the Governor for the courage he had to have been able to surmount the initial misgivings as propagated by a section of the media. He thanked the Delta State Government for opening it's doors to what can be likened to a forensic audit of it's activities over the years. Ambassador Shola after his commendation of the activities of the Delta state Government presented a copy of the Team report to the Governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan.
Ambassador Otobo in his remarks also commended the Government of Delta State for its progressive Arithmetic increase towards meeting the UNITED NATIONS recommended budgetary benchmarks in the areas of Health, Agriculture and Education.
In response to the remarks given, Governor Uduaghan thanked the UNCT for providing a self assessment framework for the Government and promised to take deliberate steps towards the legalising of the recommendations of the report after the Government concludes it's review of same.
In his vote of thanks,the Senior Adviser to the Governor on Foreign Relations, Mr.Oma Djebah thanked all the invited guests and the members of the UNCT for their presence and participation.
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