The last one year has been a trying period not only for Delta
State but the entire country owing to ever dwindling revenue to every level of government.
However, this State has been quite lucky that it is in safe, very safe hands.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has brought his vast experience at various levels of governance
into play, as much has been achieved in all spheres despite the precarious
financial situation.
Governor Okowa sees youth empowerment as key to unlocking
the hidden potentials of youths, and overcoming insecurity and poverty. He has
countlessly advocated and demonstrated investing in the wellbeing of the youths
and equally positing that the neglect in addressing such vital societal issue
could pose serious challenges as political violence, unemployment, armed
conflicts and other social related vices.
As an experienced grassroots politician, Governor Okowa is
in tune with the needs of the people and through the SMART Agenda, has brought
smiles on the faces of Deltans, particularly the youths. Through the wealth
creation programme, thousands of youths have been taken out from the unemployment
line as they have been taught different trades and given starter packs and seed
money to eke out a living with the hope that resourceful ones will ultimately
become employers of labour.
To sustain skill acquisition in the State, the government
has renovated three technical colleges at Ofagbe, Agbor and Sapele to train
youths in different skills, which can make them self-reliant.
Though there is serious financial constraint, the State
government has completed eight roads across the state and over twenty roads are
on-going in all parts of the State. When compared to the revenue accruing to
the State, the volume of work and construction activities going on and the ones
already completed, is quite astonishing.
In the health sector, much has been achieved as the
government is taking healthcare to the grassroots with the initiation of the contributory
health insurance scheme to facilitate the wholesale enjoyment healthcare
delivery by Deltans.
One
of the greatest results of good governance is the degree of freedom created for
the citizens to pursue whatever gives them happiness within the ambit of the
law. The pursuit of happiness is one of the foundational doctrines of human
society and one of the high promises of the developing world. Governance is not
effective when the citizens live in fear. Nor is it governance when it does not
guarantee freedom.
Happily,
in Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has a broad understanding of the
intricate relationships between freedom, happiness and good governance. That is
why in one year as governor of Delta State, he has taken care of the
fundamentals for a responsible government and set the tone for a happy and
prosperous society.
This
overview can best be understood given the context that a State, which was
receiving between twelve and twenty billion naira now totters between five and
six billion naira in revenue.
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