The
administration of His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, the Governor
of Delta State is set to embark on massive road construction and rehabilitation
to speed up the delivery of prosperity to all Deltans.
“Without
good roads, it will be impossible for prosperity to be delivered,” the Chief
James Augoye, the Commissioner of Works, Sir Fidelis Tilije, Water Resources
Development, Hon. Chiedu Ebie, Basic Education and Mr. Ehiedu Aniagwu, the Chief
Press Secretary to Governor, disclosed this in a joint press briefing on the outcome
of the State Executive Council meeting held at the new Government House, Asaba.
During
the press briefing the Commissioners stated that the Executive Council approved
the construction of a modern market at Orerokpe.
Chief
Augoye specifically said, “the Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa during
his campaign made promises and he is in a haste to see that the campaign
promises are actualized within the shortest possible time within the limited
resources available to the state in line with the SMART (Strategic wealth
creation initiative and provision of jobs for all, Meaningful peace building
platforms aimed at political/social stability, Agricultural reforms and
industrialization, Relevant health and education policies and Transformed
environment through massive urban renewal) agenda."
"We
are aware that there is no way the SMART agenda can be actualized without
having effective and sustainable road networks across the state, especially in
the area of wealth and job creation," he asserted, reiterating that the
Governor Okowa's administration has commenced moves in ensuring that the roads
are worked on.
He
disclosed that during the executive council meeting, approval was given for the
dualisation of "Nnebisi Road from the Traffic Light to Cable Point which
terminates at the Bank of the River Niger," adding, "this road is
going to be in two phases, the first phase is from Nnebisi Road to the Cable
Market which is about 1.71 kilometre and from the market to the River Niger is going
to be a single carriage road."
The
Commissioner emphasized that the dualisation of the road had become urgent,
"due to the heavy commercial activities taking place and in order to make
the area more accessible, there is real need to make the road a dual
carriageway.”
The
Commissioner said that the State government was poised to immediately address
erosion menace across major towns and cities in the state.
On
the construction of a modern market at Orerokpe, Chief Augoye said, "the
state executive council also approved the construction of a modern market at
Orerokpe and the market will have one hundred and ninety six (196) open shops,
twenty eight (28) lock up shops, four offices, sixteen toilets, one cold room
and one storage room."
He
further said, "the construction of the market will be carried out by the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry while the dualisation of the Traffic Light to
Cable Market will be done by the Ministry of Works."
Sir
Tilije informed Journalists that EXCO also approved the rehabilitation and upgrading
of a twenty-bed cottage hospital at Azuowa, Abavo, saying, "this project
was first awarded in 2004 and since then, it has been overgrown by bushes and
EXCO also, approved the bringing back of 130 youths who are undergoing training
in different fields of human endeavour at Trinidad and Tobago and Babados on
successful completion of their training so that they can share their
experiences."
"You
will recall that in the past six weeks, Governor Okowa's administration have
been requesting for application from the youths and farmers to come and take
part in the wealth creation exercise, the first tranche will empower 6, 000
Deltans within six months have been approved by the EXCO," Sir Tiliije
said.
At
the briefing, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hon. Ebie
stated, "EXCO approved three memo's for the upgrade and procurement of
educational equipment for the Technical Colleges in Agbor, Ofagbe and Sapele,
they are spread across the 3 senatorial districts on the state, we all know the
benefits of technical and vocational education because it helps to train our
youths and also assure them of a better future."
"Sadly
these technical colleges which are located across the State have been in state
of decay to the extent that the buildings were non-existent and everything had
deteriorated, in line with the SMART agenda and to ensure that our people are
properly equipped, the Governor had identified these colleges but , due to
paucity of funds, only three Colleges can be attended to at this time and they
will be done in phases," he said, adding, "there will be an upgrade
of the existing facilities which includes the classroom blocks, the workshops,
residential accommodation for principals and hostels, there will be procurement
of equipment, machines and everything that will be needed to teach the
students."
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