Delta State workers on Wednesday booed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over his inability to make a policy statement on minimum wage. The workers who were desperately expecting the governor to announce a new minimum wage got aggrieved when the governor finished his address without referring to the new minimum wage. While the workers interrupted the governor […]
Delta LG Election: Gov Oborevwori bans imposition of candidates
Delta State Governor, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, has warned against imposition of candidates in the forthcoming local government council elections in the state. Governor Oborevwori, who disclosed this at the PDP Delta Central Stakeholders’ meeting held at his Osubi country home, said Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, would soon come out with a timetable for […]
Delta LG election: There’ll be no imposition of candidates – Oborevwori
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has said there will be no imposition of candidates in the forthcoming local government council elections in the state. Governor Oborevwori made the declaration at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta Central stakeholders meeting held at Osubi, his countryhome in Okpe Local Government Area. He said Delta State Independent Electoral […]
Oborevwori grants employment to DELSU’s best graduating student
Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Saturday approved automatic employment for Ilebe Joshua, the overall Best Graduating Student of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka. Joshua graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy with a 4.83 CGPA. Governor Oborevwori, who approved the automatic employment at the 16th Convocation of the university, challenged graduates not to think only […]
Gov Oborevwori inaugurates committee for resettlement of sacked Okuama community
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Wednesday inaugurated Internally Displaced Persons Management Committee for the displaced people of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Srea of Delta State. Inaugurating the committee in Asaba, Governor Oborevwori charged the committee to carefully plan the resettlement and rehabilitation of the innocent citizens of Okuama community. “Much as we condemned […]
‘Functional refineries can solve Nigeria’s forex crisis’ – Oborevwori
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has said that fixing the refineries in Nigeria will save the country from spending foreign exchange on fuel importation. Governor Oborevwori stated this when he received the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Turnaround Maintenance of Nigerian Refineries, led by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, at Government House, Asaba. The governor said […]
Oborevwori visits Okuama, says innocent residents should not suffer unjustly
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has visited Okuama, warning that innocent citizens should not be made to suffer for what they know nothing about. The governor was accompanied by Commander 63 Brigade, Brig. Gen. Unachukwu Ugochukwu, and top government officials. He assured of the safe return of the indigenes who fled the community in the […]
Gov Oborevwori seeks transparent investigation of Okuama killings
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has called for a transparent investigation into the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Oborevwori made the call on Friday when the Board of Enquiry constituted by the Defence Headquarters to investigate the incident visited him at the Government House […]
Okuama Killings: l will trouble any monarch who shields suspects – Gov Oborevwori
Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has threatened to give trouble to any traditional ruler in the state who shields suspects involved in the killing of four military officers and 13 soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli south local government area of the state. The Governor gave the warning when he addressed traditional rulers on the unfortunate […]
Okuama crisis: Delta Assembly urges Gov Oborevwori to constitute commission of inquiry
The Delta State House of Assembly has enjoined the state governor to constitute a commission of inquiry to investigate and unravel the immediate and remote causes of the crisis between Okuama in Ughelli South and Okoloba in Bomadi Local Government Area. The call came following a motion raised at Tuesday’s plenary under matters of urgent […]