Joy As Okowa Resumes Commissioning, Inspection Of Projects

BY Fidelis Egugbo

ON Tuesday, March 6, 2018, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa resumed visits to different local government areas of Delta State to inspect and commission projects executed by his administration.
During each of the visits, the governor usually, spent two days in the local government area. While the first day is used for the inspection and commissioning of projects, the next day is solely devoted for town hall meeting with the people of the area where they leverage on the platform provided to air their views as well as interact with the governor and other government officials about the government or any other issue of interest to them.
Governor Okowa, at each of the town hall meetings, gave listening ears to traditional rulers, their subjects, representatives of different groups with prompt answers to their questions with all sense of sincerity. He has never hidden his passion for accountable and transparent government.
The town hall meetings, in a way, have shown to the world that while some politicians who are at the helms of affairs shy away from meeting their constituents, Governor Okowa sees Deltans as a people whose welfare must remain paramount in his actions.
As such, at every kingdom he visited, he was welcomed as one of their subjects. So, penultimate Tuesday, Governor Okowa and his deputy, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, top government functionaries and prominent politicians commissioned the Isiokolo/Orhoakpor/Ekrerhavwe, and Abraka township roads in Ethiope East local government area.
He also commissioned the phase II of Amai/Ezhionum/Abbi road and Umutu Skill Acquisition Centre in Ukwuani local government area of the state and also, inspected the level of construction work done at the Okurekpo/Okunor-Okpara/Onumane/Samagidi road, and multi-billion naira Senate building at the Delta State University, Abraka, Ethiope East local government area of the state.
Four days ago, he inspected blocks of classrooms being constructed at Eni Grammar School, Evwreni, reconstruction and equipping of Ogor Technical College, Otor-Ogor, construction of Royal Avenue/Prince Oharisi Drive, Government Secondary School and Orherhe/Otokutu road in Ughelli North local government area.
That same day, he also inspected on-going rehabilitation of Urban Water Supply Scheme, General Hospital, ultra-modern market and Reinforced Concrete Pavement being done by his administration at Bomadi, Bomadi local government area of the state.
So far, the governor has visited 19 local government areas where he inspected and commissioned projects and had town hall meetings with the people of the areas giving credence to the fact that there is no local government area in the state where his administration has not executed people-oriented projects.
At all the places visited, the excitement could be felt. While most of them sings the praises of Governor Okowa for his developmental strides, some of them, still make demands. Such demands the governor said, were very necessary because, the budget of the state were mainly based on the needs of the people.
One word that never missed the lips of Governor Okowa at all the places he visited is, PEACE. To him, the existing peace in the state accounted largely for the possible for the successes recorded by his administration, observing that with peace, his administration was not witnessing any distractions, but, rather concentrating on delivering people-oriented projects.
"The support of our royal fathers is wonderful, it has done a lot for us to deliver good governance for our people, with the peace that exists in your kingdoms, we have the opportunity to work for our people, without peace, we will be distracted.
It is our prayers that we remain as a peaceful state," the Governor said during one his courtesy visits to the traditional rulers.

(As published on page 10 of The Pointer Newspaper of Sunday, March 18, 2018. God bless you)