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Delta assured on even development

UGHELLI— POLITICAL Adviser to the Delta State Governor, (Delta central), Chief Fred Majemite, has assured communities in the State of even and sustainable development.

Majemite, who spoke during a sensitization and advocacy tour/town hall meeting at Okpara-Inland, Abraka, Uvwie, Oghara and Idjere said the essence of the tour was to take “stock of what the government has done and what government has not done as well as what you people need.”

According to him, the state government was committed to ensuring that the dividends of democracy get to all the nooks and crannies of the state, adding that; “government policy thrust is to touch the lives of all the people of the state and to move it beyond oil.”

He also expressed the government’s determination to take youths of the state off the streets and eliminate youth restiveness through empowerment in agricultural programmes, adding that “Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is determined to leave a lasting legacy at the end of its tenure.”

He assured that their complaints and needs would be communicated to the appropriate quarters and said their needs would be addressed. Earlier, the Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, HRM Ogurimerime I, the Ovie of Abraka Kingdom, HRM Lucky Ararile, the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, HRM Erhiekevwe Ododo I, in their separate remarks during the separate visits stressed the need for more projects to cited in their kingdom.