DELTA SPEAKER DRUMS SUPPORT FOR GOV UDUAGHAN

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon (Engr.) Victor Ochei, has urged Deltans to continually support the Governor Uduaghan administration in its commitment to the faithful implementation of the three point agenda, as such will provide the necessary impetus for further development.

He made the call during an interactive session with journalists at the end of an inter denominational thanksgiving service commemorating the twenty second anniversary of the creation of Delta State at the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Effurun.

DELTA GUBER: WE ‘LL SUPPORT OCHEI’S CANDIDATURE IN 2015 – IJAW GROUP

Ijaws, under the aegis of Ijaw Action Group for Change, Wednesday said they will support Delta North senatorial district for governor in 2015 only if it presents Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, as a consensus candidate.

Spokesman of the group, Lucky Oweimieotu, who made this known to the Delta Force Group, DFG, at Burutu, Delta State, thanked members of the DFG, for campaigning for Ochei.

2015 GUBER: GROUP WANTS DELTA SPEAKER AS CONSENSUS CANDIDATE

Members of the Ijaw Action Group for Change has stated that the Ijaws in Delta State will only support Delta North Senatorial District for governor in 2015 if they present Hon. Victor Ochei, Speaker Delta State House of Assembly as their consensus candidate.
The group made this known at Burutu, headquarters of Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State on Friday when executive members of the Delta Focus Group (DFG), a pro-Ochei group, met with the Ijaw Action Group for Change to appeal to them to support Ochei for governor in 2015.

DTHA LEGISLATORS VISIT GOLDMAN SCHOOL USA

After laughing and chatting in close-knit circles, it’s finally time for a group of Nigerian state legislators in the living room of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy to hear the day’s lecture — a lecture that aims to bring them one step closer to implementing better public policies in their state.

The group of 40 legislators from the Delta State House of Assembly in Nigeria arrived in Berkeley on July 29 to take part in a newly designed two-week executive leadership program focusing on governance and policy development in areas such as housing, higher education and sustainable energy. They will be returning for the next two summers to participate in additional two-week training programs.

DELTA 2015: THE SEARCH FOR UDUAGHAN’S SUCCESSOR

WHEN Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan quits as chief helmsman of Delta State on May 29, 2015, who will be his successor? Will the person come from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or opposition parties like the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) and others?

Will he come from Delta North, Delta Central or Delta South? Will the person be a thorough politician, technocrat, egg-head, man or woman?

These are some of the questions that the electorate must answer as posturing for the 2015 elections gathers momentum.

Though the polls are almost 20 months away the Delta State political landscape is already astir with an avalanche of aspirants, who want to succeed Uduaghan, the third civilian governor of the state.