Archive for August 12th, 2012
Adopt Healthy Living To Avoid Cancer —Ugwumba
DELTA State Government, no doubt, has made giant strides in the area of health care delivery since the enthronement of democratic governance in the country on May 29, 1999. The achievements recorded by the Ibori administration in the health sector of the state economy have been consolidated by the Uduaghan administration since it came on board on May 29, 2007. In this interview with our correspondents, SUNDAY EGEDE and BOVET IJEBOR, the Special Adviser to the Delta State governor on [...]
Continue ReadingClimate Change: Delta Battles Flood, Filth
BY AUSTINE ETAGHENE WHEN last year, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan championed national awareness on climate change, cynics thought he was merely playing to the gallery. Events have since proved the Governor was on the right path as the issue of climate change is now a global phenomenon. Prior to his championing this noble campaign, Governor Uduaghan, along with some heads of sub-national governments, was guest of Arnold Shwarzenegger who was then the Governor of the State of California in the United [...]
Continue ReadingDelta State And Constitution Review
DELTA state right from inception has played formidable roles whenever issues of promoting national unity, equity and fairplay are involved. Indeed, Delta and the people of the state have never hidden their irrevocable belief in the unity and indissoluble Nigerian nation premised on freedom, equity and justice. The recently concluded retreat to Delta state by the Senate Committee on 1999 Constitution Review expectedly provided a veritable platform for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to not only adumbrate and reiterate the time-honoured position [...]
Continue ReadingRomina Omashor: Giving The Teaching Profession A Human Face
BY BOVET IJEBOR IN the journey of life, one encounters stress, ups and downs, challenges and difficulties. “But life which is a continuous process, plays out the way you make it. One should live life as one can and make it enjoyable.” These were the expressed opinion of Mrs. Omashor Romina Nkechi. Family Background Mrs. Romina Omashor comes from a family of six, and she is the fourth child. She was brought up by her aunty who had no child [...]
Continue ReadingEdo Guber Poll: A Post-Mortem
BEYOND the euphoria of celebrations and lamentations by contestants in the gubernatorial poll in Edo State, the exercise has raised certain questions on election conduct and the extent to which all stakeholders are ready to play according to the rules of the game. The unprecedented large turn-out of voters during the poll, no doubt, suggested an upswing in the level people’s consciousness and the determination to exercise their franchise and defend their votes. Unfortunately, the patriotic zeal in many of [...]
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