Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has constructed and delivered over 883 road projects, spanning 1,932km across the state in the past seven years without any noise. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, at a press briefing on Monday in Asaba, declared that the Okowa administration constructed over 1,000-line drainage and storm drainages in Asaba and Warri since inception.
The commissioner berated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and the APC governorship candidate in Delta, Ovie Omo-Agege, over false allegations that the Okowa administration could not account for monies received over the period.
Aniagwu had declared: “Starting from the creeks, where Tinubu and Omo-Agege claimed nothing was being done and we won’t blame them because they are not aware of happenings in the state.
“We have done internal roads in Burutu, Okerenkoko, Benikrukru, 20.4 Km Obotobo 1 and 2, Yokri, Sokebolou roads, Ogulaha – Youbebe Road, Isama, Kpakiama, Ogbebene, Oviri-Olomu-Egodor and Kombowei Road in Patani, among others.
“In the urban areas the Ughelli-Asaba road, Okpanam Bye-pass, Cable Road, Okpanam Road, Mariam Babangida, Direct Labour Road (DLA), as well as Orogun township roads where Omo-Agege hails from.
“Beyond Road construction, we have embarked on the construction of 22 bridges with 7 completed among which is the Ovwor – Effurun-Otor Otor Bridge, Oha-Orerokpe Road Agbarho-Orherhe Road and Bridge.
” Others are Kwale-Beneku ongoing, Trans Warri Road and bridges, Koka Interchange and Flyover and the Ayakoromo bridge among others.”
The commissioner stated further that on job creation, the state government under its youth empowerment programmes empowered 13,510 youths with 222,000 persons benefiting directly and over 1.3 million people benefiting indirectly.
Aniagwu also listed other landmark projects of the Okowa administration to include the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba; Ozoro University Stadium, the ultra modern State Secretariat, Traditional Rulers Secretariat, Ogheye Floating Market, among others.
On successes recorded in the health sector, Aniagwu said that over 1.1 million people and residents of Delta had been enrolled into the state’s Contributory Health Commission.
He said that the Asaba Specialist Hospital, Advanced Diagnostic Centre and Mother and Child Hospital in Owa-Alero and Ekpan were some of the achievements of the state government under the health sector.
He said that the Okowa administration also recorded impressive performances in the revamping of six existing technical Colleges and the construction of additional nine new technical colleges.
The state government also established 45 new Secondary and 17 new primary schools across the state, noting that this culminated to the construction of 8,617 class room blocks and the establishment of the Teachers’ Professional Development Centre, Owa-Oyibu.
The commissioner, therefore, challenged Tinubu and Omo-Agege to desist from spreading falsehood, stay on the issues and focus on what they want to offer the people.