The Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has
called for greater collaboration between the Federal and State governments to
attract positive development to the people at the grassroots.
Speaking on Thursday when he commissioned the Goldcoast Memorial
Market built in memory of Madam Goldcoast Dickson, the late mother of the Governor
of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Governor Okowa noted that the
people at the grassroots will fare better with good collaborative efforts
between the Federal and State Government.
The commissioning exercise which took place at Toru-Orua Town,
Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in the presence of Governor
Dickson, Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais,
among other dignitaries coincided with the one year remembrance anniversary of
Madam Goldcoast Dickson.
“I want to thank God for this project; it is important that when
mothers make requests, it should be granted as our mother before her death,
requested for the construction of this market, and it is gladdening that the
market has been constructed.”
“It is also, heart-warming that the Special Adviser to the
President on Social Investment is here to give out Trader's Money; the
beneficiaries are our people at the grassroots because our people at the
different communities benefit more when there is collaboration between the
Federal and State government to engage in developmental programmes.”
“I know that 95 percent of those who trade in markets are women
and we are aware that when women have money, the family cannot go hungry; I am
glad Trader's Money is coming to the women who are trading in this market and I
congratulate my brother for granting the request of his mother to build this
market,” Governor Okowa said.
Dickson had said that he was spurred to construct a series of
projects, especially, granting his mother's request to construct the
market following his invitation by Governor Okowa to commission projects in
Delta State.
He explained that apart from the excitement seen on the faces of
the people in areas where roads were commissioned, the ovation that greeted him
when he commissioned markets were overwhelming.
Dickson disclosed that though, the mother requested that he
construct the market, his experience in Delta was a great inspiration as to how
important market is to the women.
As part of the memorial event, a thanksgiving service was held,
there was also, fundraising for Seriake Dickson Foundation and a groundbreaking ceremony of the Goldcoast Dickson Memorial Cancer Centre.
Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and
Abdusalami Abubakar; Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, among others, were also at the
events.
PRESS UNIT
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ASABA AUGUST 8, 2019 |
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