Delta community appeals to Okowa as collapsed road poses danger The Punch
Published 12 July 2021
Residents of Otuogwu community in the Asaba area of Delta State have raised the alarm over the community’s collapsed road.
They appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to intervene in the gully erosion threatening the area.
When
The PUNCH visited the area on Saturday, several houses were observed to be on the verge of being submerged by the erosion, as the road to the community was cut off.
A community leader, Mr Freeman John, lamented that their area was abandoned by the government.
He said, “I am one of the community leaders here and also a landlord. We have tried many times to get government’s attention to our plight, yet nothing was done.
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Obaseki wants upward review of 13 per cent derivation formula
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Delta Governor, Senator (Dr), Ifeanyi Okowa (2nd left), Governor of Edo State Mr. Godwin Obaseki,(2ndright), the Deputy Governor of Delta State, Barr Kingsley Otuaro (left), H.R.M. Matthew Egbi, the Okobaro of Ughievwen Kingdom during the inauguration of Otu Jeremi / Okwagbe Road in Ughelli South LGA. Tuesday
Edo Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday intensified call for upward review of 13 per cent derivation formula, saying it had remained inadequate for development of the South-South.
Obaseki made the call while speaking with newsmen after inaugurating Effurun-Otor-Ovwor-Olomu bridge and the rehabilitated 34-km Otu-Jeremi-Okwagbe Road in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta, executed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
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OBITUARY: Jakande: Exit of Baba Kekere, man who transformed Lagos
Lateef Jakande, the former Lagos State governor, died on Thursday at the age of 91. 6 min read
The remains of Lateef Jakande, the first elected governor of Lagos State and a former minister of works, were interred at the Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi on Friday.
The event marked the exit of the last of the five governors elected on the platform of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) at the beginning of the short-lived Nigerian Second Republic in 1979.
He died on Thursday at the age of 91.
In his days as governor of the Lagos, which was also the federal capital at the time, Mr Jakande was called ‘Baba Kekere.’