The Secretary to the Delta
State Government, Hon. Barrister Festus Ovie Agas, has said that in line with
its policy thrust of bringing prosperity to all Deltans, the SMART Agenda of
the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led administration in Delta State is on course.
Hon. Agas stated this during a press conference on the activities of his office
and the achievements of the present administration in the last 18 months at the
Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba.
The SSG, who gave an overview of the activities of his office as
the engine room of government to include guiding and moderating the activities
of government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as
ensuring that the policies and programmes of government are executed and
implemented for the overall benefit of the citizens, among others, affirmed
that the state government will stop at nothing in delivering the dividends of
democracy to the door steps of the people.
“Mindful of the vision of the state government as encapsulated
in the SMART Agenda, the present administration has continued to re-energize
and strengthen the machinery of governance with the office of the Secretary to
the State Government acting as the administrative hub and clearing house for
effective coordination and implementation of the ensuing policies and
programmes”.
While saying that so far he has continued to carry out the
obligations entrusted to the Office of the Secretary to the State Government by
ensuring effective and efficient realization of the goals and objectives of the
state government, he recalled with gladness that immediately after assumption
of office, the governor sent four bills.
The bills are Delta State Contributory Health Insurance Bill
2015, Technical and Vocational Education Board bill 2015, Delta State Capital
Territory Development Agency bill 2015 and A bill repealing the hitherto
DESOPADEC law and strengthening it to make it more responsive to the
aspirations of the oil producing communities.
He said that in keeping to the governor’s campaign promise to
create jobs for the teeming youth population, the state government established
the novel Office of Chief Job Creation Officer to train and retrain the large
army of unemployed youths in the state with a view to enhancing opportunities
for creativity and self-improvement, especially within the sub-urban and rural
socio-economic space of the State.
The SSG reiterated the commitment of the state government in
providing the enabling environment for investors to invest in the state, saying
that in line with the Peace Building Platform aimed at poetical/social
stability component of the SMART Agenda, the state government had taken
proactive steps in resolving disputes and nipping crises in the bud.
He commended journalists for publishing government programmes and activities
and enjoined Deltans to continue to support the Governor Okowa administration
for a prosperous and better Delta State.
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