Delta Wins Safest State For Oil And Gas Investments Award In Abuja
Delta state won the safest state for Oil and Gas investments in the country award during the Nigeria Oil & Gas Forum and awards ceremony on Friday.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that the awards ceremony which was organized by Ms Nafisa Aliyu Haruna in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Friday night.
Presenting the award, Ms Haruna submitted that Delta state has contributed immensely to increased oil and gas production in the country while noting that it had also emerged as first from the opinion poll carried out within the industry, as the safest state in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria.
Receiving the award, Delta state Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori thanked the organizers for the well deserved award submitting that the state government remains irrevocably committed to ensuring peace and sustainable development of the state.
Governor Oborevwori, who was represented by the Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Olorogun Vincent Oyibode, dedicated the award to God and Deltans who had their mandate reaffirmed by the Supreme Court last week Friday.
Oyibode added that the achievement of peace in Delta state, particularly in the oil and gas sector, is a testament to the implementation of the MORE agenda of the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori administration.
He further stated that in implementing the MORE Agenda, the governor awarded roads and brought Julius Beger to construct three flyovers, cloverleaf, pedestrian bridges and road expansion with N78 billion naira as project cost.
‘Upon the removal of the fuel subsidy, as a responsive government, palliative was given to Delta civil servants and they were paid N10,000 each for three months to cushion the effects of the hard economy occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy , they were also granted rotational working days of 2-3 days in a week.
Governor Oborevwori approved the payment of promotion arrears to civil servants of over N5 billion, payment of N40 billion pension arrears to local government workers and primary school teachers.
Other projects include; reconstruction of Uti road, Effurun, rehabilitation of failed portions of PTI Road Effurun, rehabilitation of old Abraka – Umutu road, completion of lecture halls, auditoriums and administrative block at Dennis Osadebay University Asaba.
The Oborevwori administration also completed Administrative block, internal roads, Vice -Chancellor and Principal Officers’ Lodge at Delta state University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, lighting up of Warri and other towns’ the commissioner said.
Oyibode listed other projects to include ongoing construction of engineering faculty and faculty of Environmental Sciences at the University of Delta, Owa-Alero campus, construction of ring road in Ughelli.
Others are construction of bypass from Benin/Warri Expressway through Adagbrasa/Okan/Agbarho, ongoing Orere bridge and access road and the ongoing construction of Ughelli/Asaba road dualization among others.
In the light of the above, the people of Delta state now see hope in the dividends of democracy and have trust and confidence in the government they voted for hence the peace we currently enjoy in the oil and gas sector.
Indeed, Delta state under Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is indeed a safe haven for investors in the oil and gas sector’ Oyibode added-Team@orientactualmags.com
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