SUNDAY, MAY 10TH, 2020

DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT

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TACKLING #COVID-19
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#COVID-19: Delta State Government Prescribes

Punishment for Face-mask violators
On Monday, May 4th, the Delta Government
announced that any citizen or resident that is
seen in public without a face mask will be
confined at one of the isolation centres in the
state.
The Commissioner for Information, Charles
Aniagwu, stated that this was part of the
resolutions reached at a meeting of the
Technical Committee for the Prevention of
#Covid19 in Delta.
“We have the responsibility to protect our
people; use of face masks which must be
worn properly to cover the mouth and nose
must be implemented,” the commissioner
said.
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#COVID-19: Delta State Government to Help Enforce

Inter-State Lockdowns
As part of plans to further enforce the inter-state
boundary lock down, On Monday, May 4th, the
Delta State Government set up the #COVID19
Boundary Enforcement Task Force Team to
monitor the compliance level of the directive.
The Secretary to the Delta State Government,
Chiedu Ebie, who inaugurated the task-force,
stated that it will be broken down into 13 teams
to monitor 13 locations in the State. Each team
will have Coordinators and Supervisors to
manage its activities.
“I urge you all to be diligent in performing your
assigned tasks and to synergize with security
agencies to strengthen the already existing
arrangements,” the Secretary to the State
Government said.
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Delta State Ranked 2nd ‘Least Poor State’ in
Nigeria
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
has ranked Delta State as the second
least poor state in the country.
The bureau, in its latest Poverty Index
Report, ranked Delta State second after
Lagos — stating that: "Lagos State has
4.50 per cent poverty head count rate and
is closely trailed by Delta State with 6.02
per cent.” In his reaction, the
Commissioner for Information in Delta
State, Charles Aniagwu, stated that the
report was a reflection of the “Prosperity
for all Deltans” agenda which has been
vigorously pursued by the Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration.
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T H U R S D A Y, M A Y 7 T H , 2 0 2 0

#COVID-19: Delta State Government Holds Sensitization

Workshop for ‘Widows Empowerment Program’
On Thursday, May 7th, the Delta State
Government held a sensitization workshop for
the supervisors and coordinators of the Widows
Empowerment Program. The purpose of the
workshop was to train participants and recipients
of the program to effectively manage the
payment of their stipends, in light of COVID-19.
The Commissioner for Special Duties,
Government House, Dr. Henry Sakpra, who
declared the workshop open thanked Governor
Okowa for providing the platform to touch lives
of the less privileged across the 25 LGAs in the
State.
Dr Sakpra further urged the supervisors and
coordinators to stay safe and adhere to all the
prescribed safety measures that have been put in
place while carrying out their various duties.
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#COVID-19: Delta State to Impound Cars Disobeying

President Buhari’s Inter-State Movement Restriction
On Saturday, May 9th, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa
stated that all unauthorised vehicles entering the
state in violation of inter-state movement ordered
by President Muhammadu Buhari to stem the
spread of #COVID19 around the country will be
impounded.
Governor Okowa disclosed this while speaking to
newsmen shortly after monitoring situations at
Niger Bridge boundary between Delta and
Anambra and at Alifikede, the boundary
community between Delta and Edo on the Benin-
Asaba highway.
“Inter-state movement of goods and services has
been restricted to agricultural products and
essential goods. The reason behind this
lockdown is to limit the number of persons
moving across states in order to reduce the
spread of the #COVID19,” Governor Okowa said.
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