Ogeah said countries like Brazil, China, South Africa, Malaysia and India built their economies in these areas and had been doing well for the people
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He added: “In fact, the governor declared a state of emergency on the roads and based on that I can tell you that about 90 per cent of our set target has been realised
The legal luminary, in an interview on why he wants to be governor, come 2015, reeled out his blueprint from the development of the state as from 2015 and wondered why the ruling party was bamboozling the people of state, looting and lavishing huge resources on frivolities for over 13 years
The governors described the present over-reliance on oil revenue as a resource-based economy, which they said was not sustainable in view of the vagaries of the international market and the growing discoveries of alternatives to oil
The statement described the project as a pacesetter in the Waste-to-Wealth drive by the State Government
The President said that the conference, with the theme: “Nigerian Beyond Oil”, would x-ray issues on how Nigeria could survive without depending on revenue from the export of crude oil
The DPP defectors said they were once members of the PDP but left the party because of the manner the party was being run by some leaders of the party and said they have returned to their party
The hoodlums cut the barbwire of his house before they scaled the parameter fence, tied his security guard, gained entrance into his living room and shot him in the stomach
It will be recalled that Blessing Okagbare is one of the star athletes groomed by the Delta State Government and making waves in world athletics
Coach Emmanuel Oshoma of Team Delta told NAN after the championships that his team prepared well for the competition, adding that the victory was well-deserved
Otumara, however, disclosed that the state government’s expenditure projection for proper development of the tertiary institution, which commenced operation in 2010, was N17.7 billion
In his analysis, he said the state’s Directorate of Transport, in line with the state’s vigorous pursuit for improved collection of IGR, had been generating enough from its operations but that it has only generated N45,949,775.00 in the 2012/2013 fiscal year
She said that the women were trained in various skills, ranging from soap making, catering services, tailoring, computer services, hair dressing, bead making and jewellery works
The commissioner, however, lamented that the execution of some projects in the state was being unduly delayed because of youth restiveness and other problems in some communities
The other recipients of the prestigious award, held at the Civic centre, Victoria Island, Lagos State on Saturday evening, are Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Honourable Aminu Tambuwal; the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Reginald Ihejiahi; and the former Managing Director, Nigerian Breweries, Chief Festus Odumegwu
He has since reconciled with Ibori’s faction after which he was allegedly compensated with a road contract within the state to off-set his election expenses
It was also learnt that in the state-owned-newspaper, THE POINTER,
casual workers, who constitute the brain behind the success of the
newspaper outfit, especially as the Features Editors, the Business
Editors, the Education Editors, the Arts Editors, Proof Readers,
Sub-Editors, Copy Writers and the Photographers – attached to the
State House of Assembly and Office of the Wife of the Governor, who
are casual workers, had worked tirelessly but could not make the list
of the absorption exercise
The gang, said the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Lucky Uyabeme, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, before taking their victim to their den, robbed his parents of their N100,000
Governor Uduaghan, who acknowledged that putting up proper legal structures would ensure that government would be properly guided to continue with efforts to make the environment friendly, explained that the law was geared at providing a legal structure necessary for the state and its people to key into the Green Economy Initiatives of international agencies
The Commissioner for Housing, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, who briefed journalists on the activities of investors (foreign and local), in the state in Asaba on Monday, said the assessment of their financial and technical abilities cum viability of their proposed joint ventures, revealed that they were not viable