Delta State Government has taken a firm step to the implementation of the new minimum wage with a directive to the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr. Kingsley Emu and the Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, to hold talks with the State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on its implementation in the state.
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The State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, disclosed this on Wednesday in Asaba while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori.
Dr. Osuoza told newsmen that discussions between the government and the organized labour would center solely on the consequential adjustments of the new wage.
The Commissioner equally said the State Exco also approved the payment of N3.55bn as counterpart funding for the 2024 Universal Basic Education Programme in the state. He said Exco also approved the appointment of Obi Sunday Ubaka Ogboli as Obi of Issele-Mkpitime in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.
Construction Of multiple roads
The Commissioner for Information disclosed that the Exco also approve the reconstruction of Ohoror-Bomadi Road; construction of Olomoro-Igbide Road; construction of Emevor-Ivrogbo-Orogun Road Phase 2; Otekpo Road in Ellu and Idumu-Etiti Street with a spur to market Road, Owere-Olubo.
Others are rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of failed sections of NNPC Housing Complex Road, Uvwie Local Government Area; Ekeye-Ovedhe Close in Okumagba Layout, Warri; General Hospital Road, Oghara in Ethiope West Local Government Area; Old Sapele/Warri Road from Amukpe Junction to Ikwuehu, with a spur to Ayemidejor Close in Sapele Local Government Area, and Orerokpe-Okulohor-Oviri Road; and Osubi-Okuokoko Road and environs, Phase 1.
Also approved were internal roads and drains in Kurutie, Obitobon-Elolo-Ajaokurogbo-Orubu Road Phase 2, Ogidigben, internal roads in Kurutie Phase 2, and the Old Sapele Road to Amukpe to Ikwewu Community with a spur to Ayemidejor Close in Amukpe, Okeye and Iyke Oputa Street, Aboh in Ndokwa East Local Government Area, and Issele-Azagba-Otulu road in An.
The Commissioner equally said, Governor Oborevwori decried the hard times in the land and directed the Commissioner for Agriculture and the Chief Job Creation Officer to rise with programmes that could cushion the effect of the hardship, more so on youths across the state.
Presenting some of the approvals, the State Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated that the approvals had further shown that Governor Oborevwori had a well-articulated meaning development plan for the state, with 23 out of 25 local government areas directly impacted by Exco’s new approvals.
Speaking on the approval for the reclamation of the gully erosion site along Okpanam-Ibusa bypass Road, a State Commissioner for Works, Highways and Urban Roads, Comrade Reuben Izeze, said the approval would enable the state government reclaim areas affected by gully erosion for the sustainability of the new road.
Speaking at the briefing on the outcome of post-Exco decisions, the commissioner for health said these were the approval granted during the meeting in relation to the procurement of two Automated Computerized Tomography (CT) machines that included the central hospital in Warri and Delta state university teaching hospital in Oghara.
He further revealed that the approval of the purchase of the medical equipment was very significant; the CT scan is for the diagnosis of diseases and internal injuries in the health care delivery sector. It is for the benefit of all Deltans.
He said the ministry had gotten approval to renovate over 150 primary health centres across the state, considering its place in the health care delivery system. He said, “If Primary Health Care facilities are properly taken care of, more than 80 per cent of health challenges would have been addressed.”
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