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Monday 27 August 2012

DELTA STATE 21ST ANNIVERSARY... HURRAY!

LIFE BEYOND OIL...


And UDUAGHAN Said;

"I am satisfied that the State is MOVING in the Right (DIRECTION) If this process continues, I foresee a future in which the State will earn value from all the Investments we are making. The journey we have embarked upon is a difficult one, but as I said in a recent Presentation,

“I am rather pleased we had the confidence and willpower to even begin it at all. Future generations will, I am sure, look to this moment and salute our courage.”

In building a Delta that will prosper Beyond OIL, we reckoned it was important we had the following critical infrastructures – Oghareki POWER PLANT, ASABA International AIRPORT, upgrade OSUBI Airport to International standards, Industrial clusters, (Koko Industrial Park, Warri Industrial and Business Park, and Asaba ICT Park). We thought we should harness Our People’s Entrepreneurial Skills through our Micro Credit Scheme and nurture SMEs.

Our success with Micro Credit Scheme is spectacular. We have won three consecutive CBN awards and we have about 100,000 beneficiaries of the scheme whose stories are as enthralling as they are varied. Other States are understudying the Delta State model because of its acknowledged successes.

We have as much as possible partnered with Big Private Investors in Co-funding Projects such as the Multi-Billion Naira OFN/Delta Farms, The N40 billion Delta LEISURE Park, which on completion will make the Delta the Tourist Destination of Choice. Some of these projects are the foundations of Our HOPE of a better future in which other opportunities can become relevant in stimulating the prosperity of Our DELTA.

From what we have been doing, the Picture of Delta State that is emerging is one that should give us Great Optimism and Belief in the State and Ourselves. For that reason, I feel as I said the other day that we should take PRIDE in Our Infrastructure Programme that has seen us construct 252 Inter/Intra City ROADS.

I am confident that with the dualisation of major roads that include 148 km Asaba-Ughelli, 33 km Ugbenu-Koko, Effurun-Osubi-Eku, 7.2 km Ughelli Artery, PTI/Jakpa, Old Lagos/Asaba among others, we are gradually eliminating bottleneck in movement of goods and creating major network grids to link all the corners of the State.


LONG LIVE DELTA STATE,

PROUDLY DELTAN!


-@MOAgbajoh

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