Archive for June 26th, 2012
Training For Traditional Medicine Practitioners
THE decision by the Uduaghan administration to standardize and entrench traditional medicine practice in the state by training and integrating the practitioners into the state’s healthcare delivery system is commendable and will further consolidate the gains already achieved in the healthcare delivery system. It is a testimony to government’s seriousness in tapping into the numerous potentials in this aspect of medicine such as huge foreign exchange earnings, employment generation and broadening the horizon of disease control and eradication. The state [...]
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June 26, 2012 12:00 AM
No Going Back On Green Economy Initiative -Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has vowed to press ahead with the state green economy initiative as it will alleviate poverty and ensure sustainable development of the state in line with his vision of ‘Delta beyond oil’. Uduaghan made the declaration in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, during the United Nation’s Sustainable Development conference, at the panel of Governors of R20 members, led by Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, (former governor of California) an international organization, committed to combating climate change by building climate resilient [...]
Continue ReadingFifth Assembly Poised To Work For Collective Good Of Deltans –Ochei
BY LUCKY OYIBO Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei yesterday said the State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan graciously approved N2.9 billion yearly for constituency projects for the State House of Assembly. The Speaker disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen at a press briefing to mark one-year anniversary of the Fifth Assembly in Asaba. According to him, the state government has ensured that such capital vote is spent in each state constituency, adding that the [...]
Continue ReadingPlacing Prisons In Concurrent List
AGAINST the backdrop of the pathetic state of prisons across the country, Delta State Deputy Governor, Prof. Amos Utuama (SAN) has called for a constitutional amendment that would place prisons under the Concurrent List. In other words, the deputy governor is advocating the devolution of more powers and responsibilities to the states to enable them build their own prisons, and enhance the realization of the primary objective of prisons which is to serve as a reformative institution for inmates. Prof. [...]
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