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  • 2023: Augoye assures Deltans of lasting legacies

    2023: Augoye assures Deltans of lasting legacies

    Frontline governorship aspirant in Delta State, Chief James Augoye has assured Deltans of lasting legacies when given the opportunity to serve the State in the capacity of governor come 2023.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chief Augoye gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen at a new year get-together of Delta Political Vanguard (DPV) held at Government Field, Boji-Boji, Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of the State.

    Augoye affirmed that since government is a continuum, he would not be leaving projects and programmes of past administrations to rot.

    While calling on the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to support his ambition, Augoye said: “I have the solutions to the problems associated with the growth and development of Delta State. This is not to cast aspersions.

    “Having traversed the State as Commissioner for Works twice, I have seen first hand challenges Deltans are passing through. I have solutions to the challenges.

    “Past administrations have done so well to address some of these challenges, and in the process, contributing immensely to the growth and development of the State.

    “Especially, the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, my boss, has done very well in this regard. But, there is more work to be done. Rome, they say, was not built in a day.

    “Since the government is a continuum, I will not leave room for rot. While I will leave lasting legacies behind after my tenure when given the opportunity to serve the State in the capacity of governor, I will ensure projects and programmes of past administrations are not abandoned.

    “In due course, I will be unveiling my manifesto so that Deltans can see how well I have articulated some of the challenges facing the State, and the solutions I have to tackle these challenges”.

    Meanwhile, speaking during the DPV new year get-together, Chairman of the PDP in Delta State, Chief Kingsley Esiso said the party wants the next governor of the State come 2023 to be someone who will follow the footsteps of Okowa.

    Chief Esiso stressed that the PDP wants a governor that will follow Okowa’s footsteps in 2023 because of the successes he said recorded by the incumbent governor.

    “This is very apt because we want continuity in road construction, in health development, in educational development and human capital development.

    “So, we have all agreed that we need a governor in 2023 that will follow the footsteps of Okowa,” Esiso stated.

    While thanking the leadership DPV for putting up the ceremony, the PDP Chairman announced that a mega rally of the party would take place at the Cenotaph, Asaba, on January 22, 2022.

    Meanwhile, DPV, a political pressure group in the state, reaffirmed their commitment to Okowa ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying “wherever Okowa goes, we go”.

    National Chairman of the group, Chief Michael Diden said the group had resolved to work in unison with other groups to deliver the next governor of the state.

    He urged all governorship aspirants on the PDP platform to pray harder to enable Governor Okowa and other leaders chose any of them for the 2023 race.

    Earlier, welcoming guests to the occasion, Director-General of the group, Mr Ifeanyi Eboigbe, said that the new year get-together was organised to celebrate Governor Okowa and to restate the group’s commitment and loyalty to the governor’s political leadership in the state.

    He said that the group was not supporting any governorship aspirant because it was awaiting directives from the governor, reiterating that “anywhere Okowa goes, we go”.

    He, however, warned that the group would not support any aspirant that failed to identify with the group.

    Meanwhile, so many Deltans, who attended the rally, have thrown their weights behind the governorship aspiration of Chief James Augoye, who was present at the event.

    Watch video below as Deltans speak in favour of Chief Augoye’s governorship ambition.

    TNG reports the rally was attended by members of the National Assembly, including Victor Nwokolo, Ben Igbakpa and Thomas Ereyitomi.

    Others were Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori; governorship aspirants – Chief David Edevbie, Chief Abel Esievo, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, Chief Ejaife Odebala, amongst others.

  • 2023: We want a governor that will follow Okowa’s footsteps – Delta PDP Chairman

    2023: We want a governor that will follow Okowa’s footsteps – Delta PDP Chairman

    Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Chief Kingsley Esiso has said the party wants the next governor of the State come 2023 to be someone who will follow the footsteps of the incumbent, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chief Esiso made this known at a well-attended new year get-together of Delta Political Vanguard (DPV) held at Government Field, Boji-Boji, Agbor.

    Esiso, who thanked the leadership DPV for putting up the ceremony, lauded members of the group for their massive support for Governor Okowa since 2015 when he assumed office.

    He stressed that the PDP wants a governor that will follow Okowa’s footsteps in 2023 because of the successes he said recorded by the incumbent governor.

    “This is very apt because we want continuity in road construction, in health development, in educational development and human capital development.

    “So, we have all agreed that we need a governor in 2023 that will follow the footsteps of Okowa,” Esiso stated.

    He announced that a mega rally of the party would take place at the Cenotaph, Asaba, on January 22, 2022.

    Meanwhile, DPV, a political pressure group in the state, reaffirmed their commitment to Okowa ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying “wherever Okowa goes, we go”.

    National Chairman of the group, Chief Michael Diden said the group had resolved to work in unison with other groups to deliver the next governor of the state.

    He urged all governorship aspirants on the PDP platform to pray harder to enable Governor Okowa and other leaders chose any of them for the 2023 race.

    Earlier, welcoming guests to the occasion, Director-General of the group, Mr Ifeanyi Eboigbe, said that the new year get-together was organised to celebrate Governor Okowa and to restate the group’s commitment and loyalty to the governor’s political leadership in the state.

    He said that the group was not supporting any governorship aspirant because it was awaiting directives from the governor, reiterating that “anywhere Okowa goes, we go”.

    He, however, warned that the group would not support any aspirant that failed to identify with the group.

    Meanwhile, so many Deltans, who attended the rally, have thrown their weights behind the governorship aspiration of Chief James Augoye, who was present at the event.

    Watch video below as Deltans speak in favour of Chief Augoye’s governorship ambition.

    TNG reports the rally was attended by members of the National Assembly, including Victor Nwokolo, Ben Igbakpa and Thomas Ereyitomi.

    Others were Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori; governorship aspirants – Chief David Edevbie, Chief Abel Esievo, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, Chief Ejaife Odebala, amongst others.

  • Customs intercepts cannabis sativa with DPV of N694m [Photo]

    Customs intercepts cannabis sativa with DPV of N694m [Photo]

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command (WMC), has intercepted cannabis sativa with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N694, 575, 000.

    The NCS has also handed the banned substance to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

    Comptroller Olugboyega Peters of the WMC said at a news conference on Friday in Lagos that the command also intercepted other items such as rice and bales of clothing with a DPV of N687, 446 000, in the first quarter of 2021.

    According to him, in 2020, the command seized over 10 tonnes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) valued at over a billion naira.

    “Here we are today showcasing another feat of arrest of marijuana by officers and men of the command.

    “On March 27, our operatives of Coastal and Harbour Patrol (Bar-Beach), on credible intelligence along Ibeche Beach on the high sea, accosted, intercepted and arrested two wooden boats laden with sacks suspected to contain marijuana (HS Code 0602.90 of Common External Tariff (CET).

    “This is together with six suspects, as empowered by Customs and Excise Management Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, as amended.

    “The goods together with the suspects were brought to WMC.

    “Upon physical counting, it was found to be 147 sacks of marijuana with an average of 45kg per sack, giving an estimated total of 6,615kg with a DPV of N694, 575, 000.

    Peters said that WMC had collaboration with the NDLEA, adding that NCS handed over the marijuana and the suspects to NDLEA in the interest of national security.

    He said that the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) headed by Miss Siji Song had on March 16, in fulfillment of its promise of installing Teleconferencing CISCO WEBEX equipment, handed over the equipment to the command.

    He said that the equipment would aid operations of the command and assist security agencies in fighting piracy in the maritime industry.

    “The equipment will be fully installed when all the enabling tools are put in place by the service,” he said.

    Peters said that making the society free of drugs abuse was a collective one, urging that all hands should be on deck to achieve the aim.

    “You can imagine the havoc the marijuana of this magnitude could have caused in our society if this seizure has not been made.

    “Let me warn unscrupulous elements to desist from smuggling and look for a legitimate means of livelihood.

    “Operatives of WMC are always combat-ready to bring smuggling to its barest minimum.

    “No amount of distraction will deter us from enforcing Federal Government’s fiscal policies; we will remain resolute no matter whose ox is gored.

    “I urge the NDLEA to invite us during the destruction of this marijuana and a copy of certificate of destruction issued to the NCS for record keeping,” he said.

    Mr Samuel Gazama, Commander, NDLEA, Apapa Special Command, Lagos, said that the cannabis intercepted was the type being cultivated in Ghana which, he said, was more potent than the one grown in Nigeria.

    He said that the seizure saved Nigeria and its image.

    “We want the media to help to sensitive the public on the dangers of what we are trying to stop in our society.

    “On behalf of the Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, we thank the WMC and the controller-general of customs for the new leaf of synergy and cooperation that is really coming up between customs and NDLEA.

    “Even if we do not have the suspects, the fact that NCS was able to stop this from going into the society, is a big achievement, and I say thumbs up to you and your men.