Delta remain on the right trajectory to development, says Delta Pioneer Speaker, Okoro

As Delta State mark 30th years anniversary of its creation, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Rural and Community Development, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Okoro, PhD has felicitated with Deltans, noting that the state government was still very committed to giving Deltans a good standard of living that they truly deserved as citizens of the State.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Comr Oku Victory, on Friday, August 27, 2021 in his Office in Asaba, Okoro stressed that under His Excellency's control, Deltans are greatly noticing as well as feeling the benefit of the democratic dividends from both the SMART to the finishing STRONGER AGENDA of Okowa's administration.

Dr. Emma Okoro, who also is the Pioneer Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, highlighted that women and youths had benefited immensely from Governor Okowa administration's job creation programmes, which led to the rating of the state as the second state with the least poor people in the country.

“On behalf of my family, Members of Delta 1st Assembly and Office of the Special Adviser on Rural & Community Development, I heartily congratulate all Deltans for their quintessential and astute cooperation with all the successive Governors since the creation of the State till date.

“As Speaker of the State 1st Assembly, our beloved State which was created on the 27th day of August, 1991 by the Military regime of Gen. Ibrahim B. Babangida, has continued to blossom in spite of the Socio-economic, Political and Security challenges confronting us in the country. 

“So as Deltans, we have every reason to be grateful to God and celebrate our 30th years anniversary as a State, because we are on the right trajectory to greater development under the watch of His Excellency, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa. 

“Boldly as someone who has witness successive Administration in our dear State since her creation , I can conveniently tell without any equivocation that our Road Master, Governor Okowa is the best we have had in our state. He is always very ready to deliver on his oath of office which he took earlier in his first and second term at his swearing-in to build a smart and stronger delta.

“Very importantly, Okowa, in the last six years had done quite a lot in terms of road infrastructure, health infrastructure, school infrastructure; Human Capital Development even as he has given special attention to Technical education.

“I have no doubt that at the end of His Excellency's tenure, Deltans will forever live to remember him for  lasting legacies of good governance.

“Dear Deltans, as we celebrate our dear State on the success so far, I appeal for the continuous support of the policies and programmes of the government and I also wish everyone God's protection and His wonderful mercies from day to day,” he concluded.