Archive for March 7th, 2012
Council Seeks Public Service Repositioning
BY SUNDAY EGEDE MEMBERS of the Standing Committee of Schemes of Service of the National Council on Establishment (NCE) have been urged to fashion out a comprehensive framework that would reposition the public service in the country. The Permanent Secretary (Establishments and Records Office), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Charles Bonat gave the advice during the opening ceremony of the meeting of members of the committee held yesterday at Benizia Hotel in Asaba. [...]
Continue ReadingI Won’t Fight Uduaghan Again, Says Biukeme
BY DENNIS OTU THE Delta State governorship candidate of the MPPP in the April 26, 2011 election, Chief Afro Biukeme, yesterday made a U-turn, saying he will not fight Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan again. He had gone to the election tribunal with the Delta State governor, and only recently when the Governor won again at the Supreme Court against the DPP governorship candidate, Chief Great Ogboru, the MPPP governorship candidate vowed to continue his legal battle against Governor Uduaghan, insisting that [...]
Continue ReadingTake The Preservation Of The Mother Tongue Seriously -Damijo
THE Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Barr Richard Mofe-Damijo has called on the public to begin to take more seriously the need to preserve our local dialects. In an interview closely monitored on the Golden Ride show on Delta Broadcasting Service, Asaba, Damijo stated that the need to preserve our various local languages cannot be over emphasized; citing that language is a vital component of culture.. While projecting that some local dialects may go extinct in the next 50 to [...]
Continue ReadingWhy Delta Is Building ICT Lab In Secondary Schools –Ofili
Good times are ahead of secondary school students in Delta State. This is coming on the heels of the establishment of ICT lab in secondary schools across the state. In this interview with AUSTIN OYIBODE/IFEYINWA AWULOR, Mr. SUNNY OFILIi, Special Adviser to the Governor on ICT, who also runs the Directorate of Science and Technology, speaks on the objective behind the initiative. Excerpt: Tell us more about the ICT lab for secondary schools One of the three point agenda of [...]
Continue ReadingThe Challenge Of Revenue Generation
BY MICHAEL IKEOGWU THERE is no gainsaying the fact that no state or nation develops without taking deliberate step towards the development of its human resources. It was the realization of this popular saying that informed the decision of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR) as part of its reform agenda, to organize a 5-day retreat for Board members, Directors and top management staff of the Board to expose them to contemporary issues concerning taxation and revenue drive. [...]
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