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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, Wednesday, said boundary disputes militates against peace, security and prosperity of communities across the country. He said so many lives have been lost to boundary disputes and called on the National Boundary Commission and other stakeholders to work assiduously in resolving boundary disputes among border communities in the country. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this at a one-day workshop for the creation of platform for Nigeria's coastal states and local government areas with theme: Towards a secure, peaceful and prosperous borders

  Delta State Executive Council, (EXCO), Monday, approved a proposed budget of N936 billion for the 2025 fiscal year. Briefing newsmen after the Exco meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, the State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr Sonny Ekedayen, said the proposed budget comprised N587.4 billion, representing 62.75 percent for Capital Expenditure, while N348.7 billion, representing 37.25 percent, is for recurrent expenditure. Ekadeyan, who was flanked by Commissioner for Information, Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, and his counterparts in Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), Mr Charles Aniagwu and

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has underscored the importance of digital communication in driving sustainable socio-economic growth and development in the contemporary global economy. Governor Oborevwori disclosed this, Tuesday, at the 2024 Chief Executives and Directors Conference/Retreat of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) held in Asaba. The Governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, said digital communications was important to the extent that it is used intelligibly for the audience to fully comprehend both the latent and

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has congratulated elder statesman and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Admiral Mike Onah, OON (retd) on his birth anniversary. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba on Friday, the Governor described the former Chief of Naval Accounts and Ex-Chairman of Military Pension Board as a distinguished military officer, elder stateman and administrator per excellence. The Governor noted that the celebrant's steadfastness, dedication, and commitment towards nation building, peace, unity, and progress

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori has charged the twenty-five Local Government Council Chairmen in the State to implement the new minimum wage for workers in their respective Councils. Governor Oborevwori gave the charge, Tuesday, during a meeting with the leadership of the Delta State chapters of the Association of Local Governments Of Nigeria (ALGON), Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE). Also in attendance were the Auditor General (Local Government), Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has vowed that his administration would blacklist contractors who failed to execute projects in accordance with the Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation given to them. He also said that his administration has began the payment of the new minimum. The governor pegged the imminence of the minimum wage payment on the priority placed by his administration on the welfare of its workforce. Governor Oborevwori handed down the warning to blacklist the contractors, on Sunday, in his remarks at

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated the Chairman, Civil Service Commission,(CSC), Chief Roseline Amioku, on her 70th birth anniversary celebration today. Governor Oborevwori in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, extolled the renowned educationist and astute politician for the dedication and loyalty which she had continued to exemplify in her commitment to the unity, growth and development of the state. He joined family, friends and associates in celebrating the remarkable life of service of Mrs Amioku. The governor

  Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, eulogised the Executive Director, Projects at the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Olorogun Taleb Tebite, describing him as a selfless leader who could discomfort himself to give to the needy. Speaking at the funeral service held at All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Otor-Iwhreko, Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, Governor Oborevwori said the crowd at the funeral service was an indication of the generosity and selflessness of the deceased. He urged the family

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