By Festus Ahon

ASABA—Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, yesterday, said that security of lives and property was a key element to win investors’ confidence.

Speaking when elders and leaders of Delta South senatorial district paid him a solidarity and thank you visit at the Government House, Asaba, Okowa said he was glad that the Gas City project in the state was on-going, adding that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, had  assured that the project would see the light of the day.

The governor said that with the dwindling revenue from oil, it was important to boost investors’ confidence to enable them come to the state to shore up its revenue base. He disclosed that a high-powered committee, which has his deputy, Mr Kingsley Otuaro, as chairman, would organise a security summit in the near future.

He said: “I plead with Deltans to give peace a chance so that investors can come to the state.  Delta State is a place that must be investor friendly so that most of the investors coming to the country will invest here. I want to thank Warri South-West Local Government Area for the peace we have enjoyed in that area. They should continue to maintain it for the sake of the Gas City because both the Federal Government and the NNPC are still very much interested in delivering that project.”