Archive for August 2nd, 2012
Elona Foundation And War Against Breast And Cervical Cancer
BY KINGSLEY AZUH HEALTH they say is wealth. A healthy man is a happy and a wealthy man. This is why any sensible man does not play with his health and any responsible government does not also play with the health of her citizenry. No wonder the state government under Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan introduced well articulated health programmes for the health and the well being of the people. The Free Maternal/ Under Five and Rural Health Scheme Programmes are [...]
Continue ReadingMDGs: Stakeholders Seek Communities’ Participation In Project Execution
BY ANDREW IKEHI STAKEHOLDERS have stressed the need for communities in Delta State to participate in the planning and implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) projects hosted by them. They expressed this view at a one-day meeting organised by the office of the state Commissioner for MDGs aimed at ensuring that the state qualifies for fresh grants under the 2012 Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) circle. The meeting, according to our reporter, was attended by chairmen and Heads of Personnel Management [...]
Continue ReadingProjects: Govt Wants Collaboration Between Interventionist Agencies, LGs
THE Delta State Government has called for collaboration between interventionist agencies and the local government councils in the state on projects execution. Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the State Government on NDDC Matters in charge of Delta North, Mr. Felix Omel-Melenu, made the call yesterday at Agbor while inspecting projects being executed by NDDC. Omel-Melenu urged contractors handling projects for interventionist agencies to always inform local government councils of the projects they are executing. He said it was necessary for [...]
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August 2, 2012 12:00 AM
N1.3bn Ozoro Electricity Project Ready Soon –Emetulu
BY DOMINIC OKONTA THERE are strong indications that the on-going 132KVA double-circuit power transmission line project at Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State will be completed soon. Delta State Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Charles Emetulu, who dropped this hint yesterday while inspecting state government’s power projects in Ozoro and Ovwor-Olomu communities, said when completed, the N1.3billion project would yield huge socio-economic benefits for Deltans. Emetulu disclosed that the 30km transmission line, stretching from Afiesere in Ughelli [...]
Continue ReadingDelta To Sponsor 1,845 For 2012 Pilgrimages
PLANS have been concluded by the Delta State Government to sponsor 1, 845 people for pilgrimage to the holy lands in 2012. The Commissioner, Bureau for Special Duties, Chief Tony Nwaka, gave the figure in an interview with newsmen in Asaba yesterday. Nwaka said that of the figure, 1,310 persons would be sponsored for the pilgrimage to Israel, 35 persons for the Catholic pilgrimage to Rome, and 40 persons for the Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. He said that while [...]
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