After nine months of assuming office, the Governor Okowa’s
administration has piloted the affairs of the State with candour and vision
clarity. Most importantly, the Governor has brought back a quiescent and calm culture
of playing politics in the State, excerpt for the occasion mischievous and
rascally outburst of one Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, who is neither a party
officeholder nor a recognized leader of the APC. His spate of reckless witch-hunting has become too much.
Right from the beginning of the present administration in May, 2015, the country has been battling with a dwindling economy which over the years thrived on crude oil as a mono- product. The fall in the price of crude oil in the international market has taken negative toll on the economy of country and many States including ours.
“The new wave of challenge, therefore, is for States in Nigeria and particularly leaders, who hold the people’s mandate in trust, to arise and evolve alternative ways of achieving sustainable economic growth and prosperity, including guaranteeing survival for its teeming populace.
Honesty is the channel of truth between the soul and the mind. Those who nurture it are imbued with enormous power: the power to know, the power to differentiate, the power to reflect, the power to choose and ultimately the power to speak the truth. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is an honest leader who will not lie to get votes and turn around to deny the pledges he made. Rather, he is fulfilling his promises so that his people can grow economically, socially and politically.
In line with his promises, he is determined to take Delta youths and the unemployed off the streets,
create Jobs and secure a better future for that population. From the
Agricultural to other professional skills acquisition programmes, the youths are
being given the opportunity to acquire new techniques for self-sustaining
growth.
It is a
general knowledge that Governor Okowa's policies and programmes are anchored
on the S.M.A.R.T agenda, which enthuses prosperity for all Deltans. In
fulfilling his promise on job and wealth creation, thousands of youths have
been trained by his administration on series of skills development and manpower.
Having
acknowledged that Delta State has tremendous potentials in agriculture,
including the urgent need for job and wealth creation, Governor Okowa within
few months of coming to office set up six new schemes to grow the agro - industrial
sector of the economy, namely Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurial Programme (YAGEP),
Skill Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP), Production and Processing
Support Programme (PPSP), Tractorisation, Extension of Microcredit and
Agricultural Loans and Development of Agro-industries.
Presently, there are numerous road construction and
rehabilitation projects on-going across the State. Some of these include:
1) Dualization of Okpanam Road
2) Section A of Ughelli/Asaba road dualization
3) Ughelli, Afiesere, Ofuoma road
4) Aragba -Aghalokpe road
5) Usiona Street, Asaba, Oshimili
6) Cable Point, Asaba
7) FMC, Asaba
8) Jeddo road, Okpe LGA
9) Delsuth link road, Oghara in Ethiope West
10) Trailer park Road, Nigercat, Ekpan in
Uvwie LGA
11) Internal roads in Oghara.
12) Okuvo-Kpokpogri-Iriama road in Okpe LGA
13) Ejinyere road in Orerokpe, Okpe LGA
14) Ozanogo-Alisime road in Ika south LGA
15) Ubeji road, by the NNPC refinery in Ekpan
16) Ohore junction-Omadino expressway project
17) Sapele dualization project, among others.
The Governor has assured
that the State government is determined to complete most of these projects
before the height of the rainy season. 
Despite the continually dwindling
federal allocation to the State, Governor Okowa’s administration has remain
steadfast in doing everything necessary to make sure that civil servants are
paid monthly. However, delays may occur but that is due more to the interruptions
being experienced with FAAC monthly meetings. People who still claim on social media that civil servants in the
State are not being paid are either outdated or mischievous. Some States are
owing up to 6, 7, 8 months. In some, they are laying off workers. But in Delta
State, government is not owing? No we’re not.
There are a lot of
assurances and reassurances for the near future of Delta State. There might be
trying times in the nation right now, but fortunately for our people, the right
man is at the helm of affairs in Delta State. He who is adept in managing
little, can be trusted to do much if we are blessed with abundance.
Governor Okowa stands
for honesty, trustworthy and conscientiousness. He is highly-principled, selfless,
bonded in contentment, decent and above all, prudent. With him, Delta State has
chosen a leader who is not selfish, and who will place people over his personal
needs and above all, transparent.
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