Tag: Ifeanyi Okowa
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Former House of Reps member faces backlash for Special Adviser appointment
Former member of the House of Representatives, Evelyn Oboro is facing backlash after she was appointed Special Adviser by Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Oboro, Chief Lucky Ekayama Loyibo, a member of the State Judicial Service Commission, and chairman and members of the State’s Sports Commission were sworn in on Tuesday in…
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Gov. Okowa apologises to women as 17 commissioners are sworn-in
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday in Asaba swears in 17 commissioners into his cabinet with apologies to women for not being adequately represented as commissioners. The governor had on July 3 sworn in the first batch of eight commissioners which had one woman, Mrs Flora Alantan, as Commissioner for Women Affairs. With Tuesday’s…
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Update: Gov. Okowa makes fresh appointments
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has forwarded a list of fresh appointments into various positions to the Delta State House of Assembly for confirmation. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Governor Okowa forwarded names of ten Commissioners designate, being the final batch, to the State Assembly. The Governor also named appointees into the boards of the Delta State…
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Breaking: Gov. Okowa makes appointments into DESOPADEC
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed Michael Diden AKA Ejele as Chairman of the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Governor Okowa also appointed Bashorun Askia Ogieh as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the DESOPADEC board. John Obukowho Nani, Shedrack Agediga, Leonard Anoka Executive…
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Breaking: Gov. Okowa appoints Chairman for Warri/Uvwie, environs dev board
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has appointed Dr. Joseph Utumara as Chairman of the board of the newly established Warri/Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Governor Okowa also appointed Comrade Ovuozorie Macaulay as Managing Director (MD) of the Agency. Recall that the Delta State House of Assembly in May passed the…
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Okowa mourns as ex-Bendel Military Governor dies at 80
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday condoled with the government and people of Nassarawa State as well as the Nigerian Navy over the death of a former military governor of defunct Bendel State, retired Vice Admiral Husaini Abdullahi. In a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Charles Aniagwu, in Asaba, Okowa commiserated…
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Delta to set up education endowment fund
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has disclosed that as part of efforts to move the education sector forward, the state government would soon establish an Education Endowment Fund for schools in the state. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the governor, represented by the Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, disclosed this on Wednesday in Asaba at…
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JUST IN: Gov. Okowa nominates Auditor General, 7 new commissioners
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Tuesday, forwarded to the State House of Assembly, seven additional nominees for screening and confirmation as Commissioners and members of the state Executive Council. The names of the nominees were contained in a letter read by the Speaker of the House, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, during plenary in Asaba. The…
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CEPEJ charges Okowa, IOCs on education in Delta
A Non-govermental Organization, the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) yesterday charged the state government to pay more attention to the state’s educational sector. The group also appealed to multinational oil companies operating within the state to channel more of their Corporate Social Responsibility functions to eradicate illiteracy and reduce civil unrest in their…
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Flooding: Okowa issues directive for dredging of ‘all existing drainage channels’
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has directed that all existing drainage channels along Okpanam road be dredged as part of measures to mitigate flooding in Asaba, the State Capital. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Governor Okowa on Tuesday gave the directive to dredge all existing drainage channels along Okpanam road, prior to the completion of the new…