Archive for August 10th, 2012
Otumara Tasks Stakeholders On Malaria Control
DELTA State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Otumara, has called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders in the fight against malaria in order to halve its incidence in the state by 2015. The commissioner made the call during a road walk to kick-off this year’s Malaria Day Celebration. The walk took participants from Eku through Ovieorie Junction and Isiokolo down to Ughelli and back to Eku through Kokori Town. Otumara, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary/Executive Director, Primary Healthcare [...]
Continue ReadingDirectorate Of Special Infrastructure Created For Smart Projects – Esievo
BY MONDAY UWAGWU COMMISSIONER for Special Duties (Special Infrastructure), Delta State, Mrs. Orezi Esievo, has said that the directorate was created by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to deliver smart projects to Deltans. Fielding questions on Focus, a Delta Television programme monitored in Asaba, the commissioner said that the projects marked for delivery under the directorate, were “specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound (SMART) ones.” She said that the SMART projects spanned the entire infrastructure spectrum, including health, education, roads and related [...]
Continue ReadingAniocha South NUT Presents Severance Packages To 50 Retirees
THE Nigeria Union of Teachers, [NUT], Aniocha South branch, has presented entitlements to over 50 retiree teachers from the local government area. Those who benefitted from the entitlements were teachers who retired since 2008 but were yet to be offered their union severance benefits. Speaking at the occasion, the chairman of the union in the locality, Comrade Odili lauded the retirees for their patience, saying that the delay in the payment of the union severance benefit was not intended, but [...]
Continue ReadingSilent Revolution In Education Sector
WHEN the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Tambuwal visited Delta State recently, he described what is happening now in the state as Silent Revolution in terms of infrastructural and manpower development. Yet, critics and sceptics thought he was just politicking. But developments in key sectors such as the infrastructural renewal in education proves the Speaker right. For instance, Delta is a state where more than 18,000 classroom blocks built in 1,500 schools spreading across hundreds of communities [...]
Continue ReadingCivil Service Week Quiz Contest Begins In Asaba
BY SUNDAY EGEDE A quiz competition organised for civil servants in Delta State as part of activities marking this year’s civil service week celebration in the state has commenced in Asaba. According to our reporter, the contest opened on Tuesday with staff of the office of the Deputy Governor slugging it out with their counterparts in the Directorate of Culture and Tourism. The contestants were quizzed on civil service rules, financial regulations and current affairs. At the end, civil servants [...]
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