A Chartered Accountant and former Chairman Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, lCAN, Abuja District Chairman, Chief Fred Okonta, has urged relevant stakeholders and leadership in Delta State to pursue a strategic programme that could lead to the development of sustainable economic blueprint for Delta State.

The seasoned Accountant lamented that despite the strategic location and potentials of the state, its huge potentials are yet to be realised. He stated that Delta State has all it takes to develop like Dubai if necessary political will and good leadership are put to play to harness its vast resources.

The fall in oil prices, he posited, should be a wake-up call for relevant stakeholders to diversify the State’s huge resources and look beyond oil which high volatility has now become a threat to relevant countries all over the world.   According to him, the crash in oil prices is a challenge for the leadership of Delta State, one of the largest oil producing states in the country to re-strategise for a future in which the states can depend less on oil proceeds.