Archive for April 3rd, 2012
“Pink Pearl” Screens 424 Varsity Students For Cancer
BY CHIBUZO ISICHEI MORE than 424 university students had free breast cancer screening at the just concluded Pink Pearl Foundation breast and cervical cancer campus-to-campus campaign. The universities were the screening took place includes Delta State University, Abraka, were 97 students came for the screening and five were detected of having breast lump, University of Benin, 57 students with two students having lump; Delta State University, Asaba campus, with 73 students and one student with lump while University of Port [...]
Continue ReadingUBEC Commends Ejete for Projects Execution
THE Benin Zone of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commended the chairman of the Delta State Chapter of the commission, Mrs. Pat Ejete on project Execution. The commendation came on the heels of the official inspection of some projects executed in Ndokwa East Local Government Area by the Commission. The Benin Zonal coordinator in company of some officials from Delta State office, were on an inspection tour of Ogwezi primary scool, Ashaka and Njikoka Primary School, Utchi, all in [...]
Continue ReadingMacaulay Cautions Against Undue Materialism
BY CLETUS NGWODO THE Secretary to Delta State Government, Comrade Ovuozuorie Macaulay has advised Christians against undue quest for material possession, saying such inheritance usually breeds discontent and crisis in the family at the exit of the bread winner. Comrade Macaulay gave the advice during the 50th birthday anniversary/thanksgiving service in honour of Comrade Tony Toki, Chairman, Nigeria Civil Service Union , and 2nd Vice Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Delta State Chapter, respectively, held on Sunday at Church of God [...]
Continue ReadingWe’re Prepared For South South Economic Summit -Obiago
BY ANDREW IKEHI AS the check ticks from seconds to minutes, and minutes to hour, in Delta State, it brings us closer to the much talked about South – South Economic Summit scheduled to hold in Asaba, this month. The event, no doubts, will see Delta State playing host to the six states in the South – South geo-political zones in the country, otherwise called the BRACED State. Aside the BRACED commission which is directly involved in the planning processes, [...]
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April 3, 2012 12:00 AM
Communities To Certify Projects’ Completion
Before Payment, Says Funkekeme CHIEF Funkekeme Solomon, Delta State Commissioner for Works has reaffirmed in Asaba that the ministry would not pay contractors on any project unless its completion was certified by the community where it was located. He stressed that traditional rulers and opinion leaders must certify that the contractors complied with the contract’s guidelines in executing the projects. Solomon who spoke in an interview with newsmen said that the policy was introduced to serve as check on contractors. [...]
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