Tag: Uduaghan
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Desperate attempts to pitch me against ex-Govs Ibori, Uduaghan will fail – Gov Okowa
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday said he would not be distracted by attempts by some of his party men to pitch him against his predecessors. He spoke in Asaba while receiving defectors from the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC). He said attempts by some persons in the state to put him on…
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NDDC board: Akpabio meets ex-governor Uduaghan in Delta [Photos]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswil Akpabio, held a meeting with the immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan in his residence in Warri, Delta State on Friday. The meeting TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered is part of ongoing consultations with stakeholders of the Niger Delta region to ensure peace in the oil-rich…
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#TNGPIBConfab: Uduaghan, Osunbor, Darah back governors on demand for 10% derivation fund for host communities
Former Governors of Delta and Edo States, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor have backed calls by the South South Governors for an upward review of the provision of 2.5 percent as Host Community Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to 10 percent in the best interest of oil communities and the…
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TNGPIBConfab: Gas is the future of Nigeria – Uduaghan
Chairman ongoing #TNGPIBConfab Former Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan on Wednesday urged the Nigerian government to take gas seriously, stressing that there is so much gas in the nation that can provoke an economic turnaround if well addressed in the in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). However, Uduaghan admitted there are challenges and…
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#TNGPIBConfab: Ministers, Ex-Govs other prominent Nigerians meet today to brainstorm on PIB
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; Transportation Minister/former governor of Rivers State, HE, Rotimi Amaechi; Hon. Minister of State, Petroleum Resources and ex-governor, Bayelsa State, HE, Chief Timipre Sylva; Hon Minister of State, Labour and Productivity, Chief Festus Keyamo, SAN; former Governor, Edo State, Ex-Senator and Professor of Law, HE, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor are among the…
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Registration for #TNGPIBConfab opens as Prof. Darah, Sen. Abe others join discussants
Registration is now open (Register here) for the one-day colloquium, ‘PIB: finally getting it right and breaking the 20-year hiatus’, to be held on March 10, 2021, (Time: 11am-2pm). Joining the list of discussants at the virtual event to dialogue with key leaders in the oil sector on pathways to speedy passage of the Petroleum…
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Wike, Ex-gov Uduaghan, Judges visit Okowa, pay tributes to late father
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday, described the late Pa Arthur Okowa, father of Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, as a man of great substance who left a marvelous legacy. Wike stated this when he led a delegation from Rivers on a condolence visit to Gov. Okowa at the Government House, Asaba. He said…
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Contract list indicting Ibori, Kalu, Uduaghan, others not compiled by Akpabio – NDDC
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Tuesday said the controversial list of former governors and lawmakers submitted by the Minister of Niger Delta Senator Godswill Akpabio to the House of Representatives last week as beneficiaries of the commission’s contract largess was not compiled by the minister but a past management of the commission. The…
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Akpabio’s NDDC contract allegation against me ridiculous, false – Uduaghan
Former Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan on Monday reacted to a report published in the media, in which he was listed among those awarded various contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission. In his reaction, Uduaghan through his Media Assistant, Monoyo Edon, said it was ridiculous that the said contract supposedly awarded to him…
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Uduaghan grieves as Tony Obuh dies at 62
Immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has expressed grief and shock on the death of Mr. Anthony Chucks Obuh, who served him diligently and faithfully, first as Director in the office of Secretary to the State Government and Permanent Secretary, Government House, Asaba. Anthony Chucks Obuh who died in the early hours…