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By Marian Kogolo

Delta State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu has stated that the Delta State Governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori is positively responding to the promises he made to Deltans during the 2023 electioneering campaign.

The Commissioner made this known, Monday, during a broadcast program aired by Trend FM titled “Trend Talk” while speaking on governance and developments in Delta.

According to the Commissioner, the governor at his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023 promised to construct roads, revamp hospitals, give special attention to the Warri axis of the state and others.

Aniagwu stated that in less than two years in office the governor had sustained over 370 inherited projects and had also initiated and completed some, while others were ongoing.

The information commissioner emphasized that the governor’s development efforts have been spread across the state, citing the construction of the Okpanam/Ibusa bypass, flyovers, internal roads in other parts of the state and the renovation of over 150 health facilities across the state.

Clarifying the governor’s statement that he would give special attention to Warri, the Commissioner likened Warri to Lagos, as he described it as the business hub of the state and major source of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), adding that whatever projects done there is for all Deltans and not just for residents.

As captured in the MORE Agenda of the present administration, speaking on Peace and Security, Mr. Aniagwu spoke on the efforts the governor has made so far and still making, including the donation of 31 operational vehicles to ‘Delta Sweep,’ a multi-agency security outfit in the state, the construction of access roads for quick response and the campaign against drug abuse through the State Orientation Bureau, headed by Dr Fred Latimore.

Aniagwu added that security of the state lies more in the hands of Deltans and residents as he pleaded with parents to inculcate the right value in their children and wards.

He described the ‘get-rich-quick’ syndrome as a vice that had led to many cases of insecurity as many youths now use even their parents and other loved ones as sacrifice to make money.

In the education sector, Aniagwu said that the state had made education more interesting through paying more attention to practicals rather than theories, so as to give more opportunity to students to be self-dependent through the establishment of more technical schools.

The technical schools, according to the Commissioner, would enable students to provide the three basic necessities of life (food, shelter and clothing) for themselves, families and society at large, which would jettison the saying that ‘school is a scam’.