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Sen. Ned Nwoko Urges Nigerians to stay Clean

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By Maxwell Peter Nwoko.

Senator Prince Ned Munir Nwoko , the Vice Chairman on Environment and Representative of the Delta North senatorial district has urged Nigerians to avoid activities that causes environmental polution and live an eco friendly sustainable life style.

As the world marks the United Nations international Day of Clean Air, senator Nwoko noted that clean Air is important to good health.

Senator Ned Nwoko has always advocated for the establishment of waste recycling plants across all senatorial districts nation wide to promote clean environment and also create job opportunities.

The United Nations General Assembly designated 7 September as the day to raise awareness and drive action on combating air pollution. That’s the goal of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, which was inaugurated in 2020.

Air pollution is the biggest external cause of ill-health and premature deaths.

Senator Nwoko also disclosed that the Senate is resolute in addressing environmental degredation.

The Anioma Prince who is African First Antarctica explorer is personally committed to legislative activities that would create a cleaner Nigeria.

Collection of Development Fee Unlawful In Delta State – Bureau Chief

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…Law breakers risks two years jail term, advises community leaders to ensure compliance

The Delta State Law which criminalized the collection of any form of development levies or fees at construction sites, either by members of community development committee, association or community leaders is still in force.

Director General of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr (Barr) Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, in a statement on Saturday, emphasized the need for community leaders and residents in the state to obey the subsisting law cited as the “Public and Private Properties Protection Law, 2018.”

He disclosed that series of complaints lodged with the Bureau, coupled with allegations of acute exploitations trending on social media platforms, revealed that some members of Community Development Association or local Committees constituted by either community leaders or traditional institutions are going about terrorizing private property developers.

Some of the complaints, according to the Bureau’s Director General, include; the use of brute force and coercive strategies to collect all kinds of levies and fees ranging from N200,000 to over N1,000,000 depending on the location and size of building structure indicated in the building plan or project design.

Oghenesivbe further stated that the State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, presided over the passage of the Bill as Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, as he then was, and subsequently signed into Law in 2018 by the immediate past governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, CON., adding that those who willfully, deliberately and unknowingly violates the law shall be prosecuted, and such individual or group of persons risks two years or five years jail term upon conviction.

He further stated that governor Oborevwori in an earlier interview with BBC correspondent in 2023, clearly stated that collection of any form of “Deve” in Delta State had been outlawed, and that no individual, community leader or traditional institution is permitted to collect development levies or fees from land developers, either public or private sector.

Oghenesivbe assured that governor Oborevwori will continue to work round the clock to provide mega infrastructure across the three senatorial districts, attract local and foreign investors, while appealing to community leaders and stakeholders not to discourage them from bringing development to their communities, towns and villages through illegal and unscrupulous transactions, collection of levies and fees already prohibited by Law.

“The Public and Private property Protection Law 2018, and more particularly at Section 13(1) and (2) which unequivocally protected property developers from being exploited, and went on to prescribe 2 years imprisonment or N1million fine or both for violators and law breakers.

“Similarly, section 11(1)(a-c) and 2(a)&(b) equally prohibits anybody from selling landed property to more than one person, with or without legitimate title, and violators risks 5 years imprisonment upon conviction.

“Collection of all forms of levies, and fees at all construction sites in all 25 local government areas which includes; communities, towns and villages, is prohibited by law, be it 10% from sale of land in form of development (Deve) fee or levy.

“Forceful entry, assault on construction workers/land owner, or trespassing construction sites without lawful authorization by the site or building owner is illegal, against laws in force, and must be avoided.

“Unlawful collection of foundation digging fee, building materials and other unscrupulous act or conduct by members of community development committee or association should be stopped forthwith to avoid running against subsisting state laws in force, the statement added.

Projects Inspection: Oborevwori’s Oversight Functions To Deliver Quality Infrastructure – Oghenesivbe

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Director General of Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Dr Fred Latimore has said that the state governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, is determined to deliver quality infrastructure.

He gave the assurance on Thursday in Asaba, while speaking at a public affairs radio program, pointing out that regular inspection of ongoing road infrastructure projects is an integral part of the governor’s core oversight functions, to ensure that contractors and engineers are on the same page with the state government.

Oghenesivbe assured that site engineers who dare to compromise with contractors to deliver substandard jobs will have issues to grind with governor Oborevwori, while advising contractors to ensure they do the right thing to avoid repudiation of contracts, refund of tax payers money, and/or litigations.

The Bureau Director General further stated that substandard jobs are not only a waste of public money, but also an indictment on both the contractor and the government, which is why governor Oborevwori, will never commission any project that is substandard, as can be seen from the Isheagu-Ewulu 9.1 Kilometer road project wherein he ordered the contractor to return to site.

He disclosed that the road was awarded to the contractor by the previous administration, and that it’s very unfortunate that the contractor faulted in some ways, while commending the Okowa administration for awarding the contract because of the economic value and importance for the communities, and the state government.

Oghenesivbe assured that governor Oborevwori is determined to complete the Isheagu-Ewulu road project in good time. He commended the Commissioners for Works, Urban and Rural, Comrade Reuben Izeze, and Charles Aniagwu, for their valuable efforts and positive steps taken to ensure that ongoing projects are delivered without any form of compromise.

“Governor Oborevwori has demonstrated capacity and willingness to deliver quality projects across the state.

“The recent Isheagu-Ewulu road, wherein he ordered the contractor to return to site to do the right thing, is commendable. It speaks of a patriotic and well focused technocrat and leader who is always ready to ensure that every infrastructure project is worth the tax payers money.

“The body language of the governor speaks volume. Contractors and site engineers must of a necessity brace up, because our governor is not ready to settle for less. He respects contractual obligations devoid of compromise and substandard jobs.

“Regular inspection of projects will continue, it’s part of the oversight functions of governor Oborevwori, to ensure that both the contractors and engineers are on the same page with the state government, as far as standard job delivery is concerned, under meaningful development mantra encapsulated in the MORE agenda.

“The governor has substantial wealth of experience in construction matters, he played inestimable roles during the construction of Osubi Airport and others, and can neither be brainwashed nor manipulated by any contractor or site engineer.

“My sincere and humble advise to contractors and engineers is for them to do the right thing, not to cut corners, never compromise to deliver substandard jobs to avoid public embarrassment and sanctions,” Oghenesivbe said.

SMEDAN Had Never Reached Ogwashi-Uku – Ogwashi-Uku Development Association.

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…Commends President Bola Tinubu, SMEDAN DG For Reaching Out

The National Secretary, Ogwashi-Uku Development Association, (ODA) Mr Sunny Elue Adigwe, a retired microfinance banker, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for extending dividends of democracy to Aniocha South Local Government Area as they had in the past been overtly neglected in all Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) programs.

The National Secretary flanked by ODAs’ first Vice president Mr John Nwaekete and other members of the executives, made this statements at the Ogwashi-Uku community town hall, today September 5, 2024, during a training and routine empowerment program organized by SMEDAN.


He said ” I want to thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Our President, for  looking to the plight of the people and acting accordingly.”

“I want to assure the presidency and the SMEDAN authorities that we would utilize the resources given to us such that it would also benefit other people.”

“We thank the staff of SMEDAN, we thank the DG Mr Charles Odii who has lectured us, who has shown great enthusiasm and we hope he grows higher because he has the strength.”

Earlier Speaking, DG SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii hinted that this time the government is using a different approach to rid the system of corruption and to also not just give out money, but as a means of fostering productivity, engage the beneficiaries through training and retraining, analyzing feedbacks and recommending a way through challenges as the beneficiaries progress.

He said, “what we are doing here today is the beginning of many more things to come routinely as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has graciously approved the sum of #50 billion for nano businesses.”

“Nano businesses are businesses of less than three employees with an annual turn over of #3 million”

At the designed pace of this program, we expect to raise countless millionaires in a year.

What we give to you today could be likened to a Bible for your business, its called Business Model Canvas.

He itemised and expressed Key partners, key activities, Unique selling point, formal relationships, customer segment, key resources, channels, structures, as integral beams for aby Nano business to stay afloat.

Speaking in one voice the beneficiaries also thanked the presidency for this overwhelming program and promised to act accordingly with the grant and training, they also promised to tutor others when the need arises.

Stop Weaponising Poverty SMEDAN DG Charges Govt

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By Faith Okafor
The Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria, (SMEDAN), Mr Charles Odii has frowned at the diversion of grants in Delta State to specific political party.
Odii made this known during his visit to Delta State capital, for the disbursement of grants to nano businessmen and women in Delta North.
According to the Director General of the federal agency, the grants are to enable the nano and micro business traders start and grow their businesses.
He said the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was one in which the son of a nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody.
The Director General of the agency said the financial empowerment which was devoid of corruption, was made available to the beneficiaries from across the senatorial districts to their individual bank accounts.
He advised government to help eradicate hunger by supporting small businesses in the state to strive so as not to cause anger, which he said could lead to violence.
He said that out of the 36 states slated for the financial empowerment, he had so far visited 14 states and that he will also visit others.

DSCRIC To Constitute 4 Critical Committees To Effectively Implement Child Protection Policy of Government

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By Patrick Ochei

The Delta State Child Rights Implementation Committee (DSCRIC) in its meeting of 3rd September, 2024, has decided to constitute four critical committees – Advocacy, Education, Health and Support Services Committees to effectively implement the Delta State Child Rights law of 2008 and of course, the Child Protection Policy of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.

At the meeting presided over by the Chairman and Permanent Secretary of Women Affairs Ministry, Mrs. Oghenekevwe Agas, she said the Committee had come to the threshold of driving down the essence of the Child Rights law to the grassroots having efficiently inaugurated most of the Local Government Child Rights Implementation Committees.

Agas implored all the members present, including the Heads of Personnel Management of various LGAs to brace up to the challenges of resistance and unwilling witnesses in the fight against child abuse and prosecution of offenders.

As part of the way forward, the Committee had benchmarked certain child abuse cases, orchestrated by poverty for evaluation and support. One of such cases came from the report of Barr. Awele Ideal representing FIDA and Comrade Patrick Ochei representing NUJ, to enjoy Government’s support during the celebration of the 16 days activism against gender based violence, for which the concerned woman and her seven years old niece would be reached for financial empowerment, to enable her fend for her family and support the girl’s education.

Agas equally said that other parents or guardians of vulnerable children would be supported to lift up some burdens off them in order to prevent the children in their care from sliding into conflict with the law or being abused as a result of poverty.

Meanwhile, several child abuse cases ranging from child prostitution, defilement, child labour, etc were reported by field officers, for which the Committee had decided to continue to pursue until justice is served.

However, Mrs. Agas posited that even though the Child Rights law of 2008 is being reviewed for amendment at the House of Assembly, the law still remains indifferent to those who intentionally obstruct or pervert justice in child abuse related cases.

She assured that those parents, guardians or stakeholders who usually stand in the way of justice can still be prosecuted and punished, while also maintaining that the operations and actions of the Committee must be in the best interest of the child.

Take Each Day of Your Life As Your Last Day – Ada Anioma

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By Patrick Ochei

Ada Anioma, immediate past Delta State Commissioner for Technical Education, Hon. Joan Onyemaechi has charged individuals to take each day of their lives as their last day, insisting that nobody on earth has the power to control what happens to him or her except God says otherwise.

She made this assertion while testifying to the goodness and mercy of God over her safe return after 10 days of captivity in the kidnappers’ den.

Ada Anioma during her thanksgiving celebration at the Mountain of Fire Ministries, Asaba on Sunday 1st of September, 2024, declared that those who kidnapped her were not the wicked ones in her case but those who trade in peddling fake news against innocent persons doing their jobs or fulfilling their destinies.

According to the daring politician who at a point broke down emotionally, “I wish to humbly and respectfully appreciate God for seeing me through the travails of being kidnapped. I also thank those of you from all walks of life who have come to identify with me. My sermon today is that we must take each day of our lives as our last day. This is because, it could be your last. In the past, I used to say God forbid on hearing this kind of sermon.

“Before the unfortunate incident, I was at a church where I had gone to minister, and I was led to take up a prayer point against funeral procession heading towards my home. I didn’t know I was praying for myself, even though I was challenging women with that prayer point.

“The Tuesday before the Tuesday service that I was kidnapped, I was literarily weeping in my spirit. I didn’t know why I was weeping. And on that fateful day too, I woke up that morning with a song in my heart ‘I have a very big God, A very big God o, He no dey fall my hand, He’s always by my side, a very big God’. It was later that day that the song made sense to me.

“In that boat when I was being ferried to an unknown destination, I heard Him clearly again, saying ‘I am by your side, I told you earlier I would be with you’. I could have died of a heartache, but as soon as He spoke to me, I said GOD, give me wisdom and courage.

“I want to say that I am here today by the mercies of God. I don’t know why but He said, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy. He gave me a second chance to life.

“Why praying that He should deliver me, He said, change it to deliver us. Those who did the kidnapping didn’t know me from Adams, neither do I know them; they were just business people working on information. Those who kidnapped me are not the wicked ones but those who are engaged in selling others to the public market. We must mind what we say about other people. This is because the information you give may not be the right one but an agenda to destroy the person’s hard-work”, Ada Anioma narrated.

Meanwhile, at the point of relaying what transpired before she was abducted, Ada Anioma broke down and wept. She wept at the mention of the names of her two aides who were murdered in a bid to take her – an Inspector of Police, Adamu and a pilot driver, Isaac respectively.

She said Adamu, a native of Sokoto State had two wives and six children, who are now without a husband and a father, while Isaac had a father and a brother who was in the Thanksgiving service. I may have been spared by the mercies of God, but we may need to ask who killed Isaac and Adamu? These people didn’t do anything, but they fell as a result of the information sold out about me to business men who had set up their businesses either for the right or the wrong motives.

In addition to her testimony, the Delta State Government, represented by the Deputy Governor, Sir Monday Onyeme congratulated Ada Anioma for her freedom, thanking God for sparing her precious life for the State and society in particular.

He said, “We join Ada Anioma on behalf of the people of Delta State to give thanks to God. The level of insecurity in different parts of the country calls for concern. We are by this medium calling on Federal Government to arrest the situation.

“Delta is relatively peaceful. We will continue to rely on God for a peaceful and secure State. We celebrate and congratulate Ada Anioma for her safe return”, Onyeme said.

It was a State Thanksgiving as the who-in-who in government, traditional institutions, different religious bodies, persons with disabilities and orphanages were present to worship God with Ada Anioma in thanksgiving.

Ajede Reiterates Commitment To Agricultural Devt

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…Says Ukwuani Farmers Should Brace Up For Massive Support

In pursuance of his administration’s #DoMoreAgenda Agricultural Development goals, the Executive Chairman of Ukwuani Local Government, Hon (Barr) C.S Possible Ajede, has reaffirmed his commitment to massive investments in the agricultural sector across the LGA.

Barr Ajede expressed this commitment when he received the executive members of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ukwuani Chapter led by Chief Ezekiel Okpala, and the Obiaruku Farmers Association led by Mr. Mgbame Celestine in office.

During his robust conversation with the farmers, Ajede emphasized that the Council is interested in farming. “I am passionate about farming, and my focus is on supporting farmers. The administration is wholeheartedly committed to agricultural development by investing in the real farmers within Ukwuani communities,” he said.

The #DoMoreAgenda Torchbearer also disclosed that the council will soon initiate the establishment of Farmers Clubs in clusters across the 20 wards within the LGA, while adding that, the farmers should brace up as his administration’s strategic agro initiatives will soon commence.

The Ukwuani Council Boss also highlighted his administration’s objective of achieving food security through innovative approaches and strategic investments in farmers. “We want to make food available for the Ukwuani people,” he enthused.

Meanwhile, Barr Ajede has urged the farmers and agro-allied stakeholders across the LGA to collaborate with his administration’s agriculture development goals and food security objectives to transform Ukwuani into an agrarian economic hub in the state.

In their separate remarks, the farmers’ associations congratulated the Executive Chairman on his election victory and subsequent inauguration, while acknowledging his past achievements as eloquent testimony that resulted in his re-election.

The groups unveiled their plans to the chairman and pledged their support and dedication to advance the #DoMoreAgenda agricultural development goals of the Ajede-led administration.

They also prayed God to grant him the wisdom, grace and resources to deliver on all his plans for the Ukwuani people.

I Will Not Fail Ukwuani People – Ajede

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The Executive Chairman of Ukwuani Local Government, Hon (Barr) C.S. Possible Ajede, has stated that he will not fail the Ukwuani people and he will not let the Council Workers down.

Barr Ajede made this statement during a meeting with the Delta State NULGE President, Comrade Okwudi Ziko, at his office today.

In his brief welcome address, the Ukwuani Council Boss emphasized that workers’ welfare is a top priority in his #DoMoreAgenda.

He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to providing more dividends of democracy to Ukwuani citizens by surpassing the achievements of his first term.

Speaking further, Ajede stated that his #DoMoreAgenda aims to ensure that the highest number of people in Ukwuani benefit from and are satisfied with the administration’s programs and projects.

In his remarks, the state NULGE President, Comrade Okwudi Ziko, congratulated the Council Chairman on his re-election as the Executive Chairman of Ukwuani Local Government Area.

Ziko observed that the Chairman’s re-election was a testament to his undeniable legacy achievements in his first term. He encouraged the Chairman to do more for Ukwuani people and to prioritize workers’ welfare.

The NULGE State President commended the Chairman for his track record of taking care of workers’ welfare and urged him to be a voice for workers across the state at the level of ALGON.

NCPC Boss Bishop Adegbite Felicitates With Vice President Shettima At 58

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has felicitated with the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Kasim Shettima, on his 58th birthday anniversary.
Bishop Adegbite in a press release issued by the Deputy Director and Head, Media and Public Relations of the Commission, Celestine Toruka extolled the virtues of Vice President Shettima, describing him as a detribalized Nigerian who has contributed significantly to the success of the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
He praised the Vice President’s exceptional leadership qualities, wealth of experience, and distinguished service as a two-time governor of Borno State and Senator of the Federal Republic.
The NCPC boss noted that at 58, the country needs Vice President Shettima’s services more than ever, considering his pivotal role as a bridge builder and indefatigable leader. He also commended the Vice President’s commitment to interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence among faith-based groups in the country.
Bishop Adegbite stated, “As you celebrate your birthday today, I assure you that the Nigerian people are celebrating with you, as well as the entire NCPC management and staff. We are proud to identify with you on this auspicious day of your life.”
He prayed for Vice President Shettima’s continued good health and prosperity, enabling him to complete his national assignment successfully.

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