EXECUTIVE Assistant to the Governor on Micro Credit Programme, Dr. Antonia Ashiedu, said yesterday that the recent oil spillage at Chevron yard in Ekpan could have snowballed into another round of restiveness in the area but for the timely intervention of the State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan.

THE Deputy President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Onikolease Irabor, yesterday, stressed the need for Nigerians to vote more radical candidates into the National Assembly in the 2011 general elections, so as avoid having “sleeping Senators” in the Assembly.

SPECIAL Adviser to Delta State Governor on Oil and Gas, Mr. David Ekereokosu, has hailed the State House of Assembly for the amendment and prompt passage of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, bill into law.

Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, warned local government chairmen over misappropriation of public funds, threatening to deal decisively with any one caught looting the treasury.

WORRIED by the seeming non- performance of some governors in the country, the Southern Mandate, SM, a group of professionals, celebrities, political leaders across the country, has vowed to mobilize the electorates against non-performing governors and their cronies in the 2011 elections.