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  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, presented a N936,078,818,719 billion Appropriation bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. Governor Oborevwori said the budget christened, ‘Budget of Fiscal Consolidation,’ was made up of recurrent expenditure of N348,717,758,635 billion representing 37.25 per cent and capital expenditure of N587,361,060,084 representing 62.75 per cent of the total budget. He said the 2025 budget is N211bn more than the 2024 approved sum of N725bn, indicating an increase of 29%. The Governor attributed the increase to

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Tuesday, said his administration would leverage on the game changing potentials of the Special Agricultural Economic Zones to create over 50,000 jobs for the well being and economic prosperity of the people. Governor Oborevwori said the programme would enhance food security, agro-processing, employment creation, export earnings, infrastructural development with its overall effect on the state's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). He disclosed this when he received officials of the African Development Bank, (ADB), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security,

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has approved the payment of the new minimum wage to workers in the state with effect from October. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Kingsley Emu, disclosed this during a meeting of the Committee of the new minimum wage with leadership of the Organized Labour in Delta State, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), to discuss the implementation of the new minimum wage. Emu said the meeting was

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, restated his administration’s commitment to the prompt and sustainable payment of pensions and other emoluments of its employees. Governor Oborevwori, who disclosed that his administration had paid over N14.5 billion in view of various pension obligations, stated this during an interactive meeting with Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Heads of Parastatals, Departments and Agencies at the Unity Hall, Government House, Asaba. The Governor, who said the meeting was apt, called on the top bureaucrats to work closely with his

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