The Governor of Delta State, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith
and daughter have tested negative to COVID-19.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika,
made this known in a statement in Asaba on Tuesday, and said that other members
of the First Family also tested negative to the virus.
Ifeajika recalled that the governor and his wife tested
positive to the virus on July 1 and went into isolation for necessary
treatment. Their daughter had tested positive to the virus a few days earlier.
``The governor gave God all the glory and praise and
expressed appreciation to all Deltans and other Nigerians who interceded for
the family in prayers.
``He appealed to all residents in the state to obey all
instructions and regulations targeted at combating and stemming the
transmission of COVID-19 in the state,’’ he said.
It is appalling how, in desperation to sustain its thieving hegemony over the Delta State Government since 1999, the Delta PDP had the audacity to impose the weakest, most uninformed contender, a local champion, as Governor over a state replete with accomplished men and women of immense capacity. Given this unenviable privilege, one would have expected the fortunate placeholder governor, Sheriff Oborevwori—whose only election campaign manifesto was pledging to improve on the failed leadership of Ifeanyi Okowa, his predecessor—to engage creative minds and individuals of proven integrity to assist him in making a difference. Rather than doing the needful, Oborevwori has worsened matters by electing to engage the same spent leaders, deadwood, and gluttons that have gained prominence in running the state down over successive administrations. The result has been a government of mediocre officeholders competing to run the state for their pockets at the detriment of the populace, under a gove...
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