The
Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has said that his
administration is targeting a minimum of fifty thousand direct jobs through
empowerment programmes.
The
Governor made the disclosure today when the National Working Committee of the
PDP in the South South zone led by its zonal Chairman, Dr Cairo Ojougboh paid
him a courtesy visit at Government House, Asaba.
According
to him, his administration was committed to delivering prosperity to Deltans,
disclosing that apart from ensuring infrastructure development of the state,
within the next four years, more than 50, 000 direct jobs would be achieved
through the empowerment programmes of his administration.
He
said, “as a State, we have sent out forms for various empowerment programmes,
it is our hope that in the first phase of the empowerment programme, we will be
able to impact directly on 6, 000 persons by providing gainful employment as we
intend to roll out these empowerment programmes every six months throughout the
course of our administration so, if we are able to through the process alone,
empower 6, 000 Deltans every six months, we will be able to provide more than
50, 000 direct jobs.”
The
Governor assured the leadership of the PDP that the party would remain strong
especially in the South South zone, asserting, “I believe the South South
geo-political zone is PDP and will continue to be PDP, collectively, we will
work to retain Bayelsa State and reclaim Edo State.”
“We
will be very responsive to the needs of our people, we will be just and
equitable to build confidence in our people, soon, we will be appointing
another set of Commissioners, we have also tried to put other processes in
place to get the government running and we are looking forward to constituting the
Boards of the various agencies and parastatals in the month of August, we are
looking forward to men and women who understand the manifesto of our party and
our SMART programme to run the various agencies and parastatals,” he stated.
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