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Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015—13

DELTA POLLS: Don't go to tribunal, Ogboru, Emerhor urged By Festus Ahon

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SABA—FORMER Commissioner on the board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Johnson Boro, has advised Chief Great Ogboru of Labour Party, LP and Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against dragging the state governor-elect, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to the tribunal over the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in Delta State. Boro, in a chat with Vanguard, in Asaba, yesterday, said such litigations at the tribunal or court would distract the governor-elect. “Dr Okowa, having won the election, should be allowed to concentrate on the task of governance,” he held. Congratulating Okowa and his deputy, Mr Kingsley Otuaro, on their landslide victory, Boro said: “Okowa's victory is an act of God, therefore, he should be given the needed support by all stakeholders.” In a similar development, former Commissioner for Local

Government Affairs, Olorogun Ebenezer Okorodudu, yesterday, congratulated Okowa and his Deputy, Otuaro, on their victory at the April 11 poll. Okorodudu, who spoke with newsmen, said the victory of

the duo was a testament of the love of Deltans for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, adding that “Dr Okowa is a man Deltans trust. He has been in government since 1999 and he performed creditably in all the

assignments given to him in the past.” Urging Deltans to give him the needed support, he expressed hope that Okowa will build on the legacies of former Governor James Ibori and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan.

ART PROGRAMME: Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya (2nd left) explains a point as HRM Okorefe, Ovie of Agbarha-Otor and HRM, Ovie R.L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro I, the Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom listen, during the Harmattaan Art programme at the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation in Agbarha-Otor. Photo: Akpokona Omafuaire.

Workers give Edo LG boss three-day ultimatum over unpaid salaries By Gabriel Enogholase

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ENIN—WORKERS of Egor Local Government Area in Edo State have given a three-day ultimatum to the council chairman, Mr. Victor Enobakhare, to pay their five months salary arrears or face the consequences. The staff, who were at the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, to protest their unpaid salaries and later to Government House in Benin City, accused the council chairman and treasurer of being insensitive to their plight. Spokesperson for the workers, Abdul Giwa-Osagie, decried what he described as the nonchalant attitude of the council boss to their welfare. “We have not heard anywhere that monthly allocation was not received in our council, yet we have not been paid since December. When the allocation comes, they deduct teachers’ salary and pay them, we don’t know why ours is different. “A few weeks ago, the governor suspended a council chairman over non-payment of salaries. We are asking the governor to also suspend Egor chairman for the same reason,” he said. Reacting to the development,

the vice chairman of the council's NULGE, Mrs. Osana Issac, disowned the protesting workers, saying, “they are not staff of the council.”

Mrs. Isaac, however, admitted that the council was owing workers five months salary, but attributed the development to shortfall in

the Federal Allocation to the council. She said that the council had begun negotiations to pay staff arrears.

Deltans in FCT hail Uduaghan on performance

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By Chris Ochayi

BUJA—DELTA State indigenes resident in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, said yesterday that the outgoing Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s government had laid a solid foundation for a more prosperous Delta State, just as they tasked the in-coming administration to sustain the Delta Without Oil Initiative to enable it meet the youths employment challenge in the state. Coordinator of the group, Elder Patrick Fufeyin, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, noted that the outgoing administration recorded tremendous achievements in the last eight years. The drive for a ‘Delta Without Oil’ was an initiative of the outgoing administration of Uduaghan, mainly designed to run the economy of Delta State without oil on the account of depleting resource. He said: “The Gas Revolution

Industrial Park, GRIP, and the deep sea port, in Ogidigben and Gbamaratu respectively, which the administration influenced to Delta State, among other achievements, remain a springboard to the economic

revolution of the state.” He added that the group had concluded arrangement to forward a development proposal on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs, designed to help the new administration create employment in the state.

DTHA Deputy Majority Leader gets certificate of return

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By Festus Ahon

SABA—DEPUTY Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Johnson Erijo, was yesterday, presented with his certificate of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as member-elect, Isoko South constituency II , following his victory at the April 11, House of Assembly election. Erijo, who was not presented with certificate of return alongside his colleagues last week, was presented with the certificate by the Director Legal,

INEC headquarters, Abuja, Mr Ibrahim Bawa, on behalf of the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. Noting that the delay in the presentation of the certificate of return to Erijo was unfortunate, Bawa explained that the delay was due to some legal issues that had been sorted out. He thanked Erijo for his patience and his commitment to due process. Receiving the certificate, Erijo thanked God for his victory at the poll and constituents for the confidence reposed in him.

RIVERS LG POLLS: APC conducts chairmanship primaries By Davies Iheamnachor

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HEAD of the local government elections slated for May 23 in Rivers State by the state Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has conducted its chairmanship primary election. The primary election was conducted yesterday in the 22 local government areas. Vanguard gathered that the election was successful in all the councils, although there was misunderstanding among the party members in Obio/ Akpor Local Government Area, which resulted in a split in the party delegates for the election. It was gathered that the party had earlier settled for a candidate who was to be presented yesterday, but another candidate who claimed he had already bought his form for the election insisted that the election must hold.

Bayelsa Assembly memberselect receive certificates of return By Emem Idio

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ENAGOA—THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday in Yenagoa, presented certificates of return to 22 Bayelsa State House of Assembly members-elect. Presenting the certificates, state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Baritor Kpagih, charged the legislatorselect to be good representatives of their constituencies, expressing concern that Bayelsa remains the only state with outstanding election in two state constituencies. Kpagih said: “It is sad to say that Bayelsa is the only state in the country that still has outstanding election in two out of the 24 state constituencies. I urge you to keep preaching the gospel of peace in the two councils where elections are still inconclusive.”


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