Delta to celebrate 25th anniversary

The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has
set up an eight-man organising committee
towards the celebration of the state’s 25 years of
existence.
The Delta State Press Unit said in a statement on
Sunday that Okowa announced the inauguration
of the state’s silver jubilee planning committee at
a recent press conference held in Asaba, the
state capital.
The governor, according to the statement,
advised the committee to organise a celebration
that would harness the unity and peace that
bound the various ethnic groups in the state
together.
Okowa, who spoke through the Delta State
Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah,
said the anniversary, which would be driven by
the private sector, was aimed at appraising the
achievements of the state in the last 25 years.
“This administration resolved to celebrate Delta
@ 25 to take stock of the journey so far,
achievements recorded and plot further and
better approaches at peaceful co-existence
among the various ethnic groups, new
development paradigm and refocusing the
fundamentals of government to achieve greater
and result-oriented improvements in the lives of
our people,” Okowa said.