I’ll be sharing some achievements of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in the last 7 years as Governor of Delta State. I’ll also be narrowing this down to 7 key sectors and I’ll be as detailed as possible.
1. HEALTH SECTOR
Between 2015 and 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Renovated and upgraded a total of 209 primary healthcare centres. - Renovated and upgraded 65 hospitals. - Ensured full accreditation of 7 health training institutions in the state.
Between 2015 and 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Expanded the number of training institutions offering Nursing Degree Programs in Delta State. - Completed the construction of the General Hospital in Asaba and upgraded its physical infrastructure to enhance service delivery.
Between 2015 and 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Ensured that the Routine Immunization Coverage offered in the various primary health centres has consistently stayed above the national recommended target of 80 percent.
Between 2015 and 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Constructed lecture halls at the School of Midwifery, Sapele, and - Constructed an 80 bedded ward at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara.
In 2016, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa signed into law the bill establishing the Delta State Contributory Health Commission (DSCHC) to implement and regulate the Delta State Contributory Health Scheme.
So far, as of February 2022, the scheme has provided services to 1,094,871 enrollees in the state and currently has 496 accredited healthcare facilities in which enrollees can access medical care with 17 financial facilities for its operation.
In 2017, Gov. Okowa approved the evaluation of existing health facilities in the state and subsequently recommended their appropriate classification. This resulted in; - 485 Pri Healthcare Centres - 269 Private Health Facilities - 64 Pub Secondary HFs and - 2 Tertiary HFs.
All 820 health facilities submit their data on the web-based District Health Information System (DHIS) to boost a solid database in the state.
In 2018, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa launched the Emergency Ambulance Service to provide pre-hospital acute medical care and transport to definitive points of care in Delta State.
Between 2019 and 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa recruited; - 142 Health Professionals at DELSUTH Oghara, - 155 Health Professionals at the Asaba Specialist Hospital (ASH), - 255 Health Professionals at the Hospital Management Board (HMB)
Between 2019 and 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa also recruited; - 40 Pharmacists to bridge the manpower deficiency of pharmaceutical personnel in Government Hospitals in Delta State.
In 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa secured life insurance schemes for 2,557 healthcare workers working on the frontlines during the COVID19 pandemic.
Currently, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is constructing and renovating; - The Advanced Diagnostic Medical Complex, Owa-Alero, Delta State. - 3 Mother and Child Medical Centres in Delta State and - A Clinical Building at DELSUTH Oghara, Delta State.
In the last 7 years, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration — through Six Ministries, Departments, and Agencies established 12,000 entrepreneurs, created 100,000 direct jobs, and catalyzed over 1,000,000 indirect jobs.
These achievements in the Job Creation sector started in 2015, when Gov. Okowa created the Office of the Chief Job Creation Officer, as a Special Purpose Vehicle to initiate strategic wealth creation programs & provision of Jobs for all Deltans as captured in his SMART agenda.
The wealth creation schemes and intervention programmes initiated include: 1. Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme (YAGEP) 2. Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme (STEP) 3. Production and Processing Support Programme (PPSP)
4. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development programmes 5. Special Programmes for Persons with Disabilities 6. Graduate Employment Enhancement Programme (GEEP) 7. Rural Youth Skill Acquisition (RYSA) Programme 8. Women Empowerment Skill Acquisition Programme (WESAP)
9. Information and Communications Technology Youth Empowerment Programme (ICT-YEP) and, 10. Girls Entrepreneurship and Skills Training (GEST) Programme.
In 2015, a total of; - 1,329 beneficiaries were trained and empowered in YAGEP and STEP. - 3,600 smallholder farmers and agro-processors were supported in the agricultural value chain support programme under PPSP.
Also in 215; - 2,563 MSMEs benefited from the N428,130,000 loan disbursed by Delta State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (DMSMA).
Between 2016 to 2019, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Trained 850 women in confectionery and industrial production, and - Empowered 500 women with cassava processing machines, oil extractors, and fish dryers.
In 2017, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Trained and established 999 YAGEP, STEP beneficiaries including PWDs. - Contributed N600,000 as counterpart fund under the State Employment and Expenditure For Results (SEEFOR) project.
Also in 2017; - Disbursed N835.7 Million Naira to 593 cooperative societies with a total of 6,252 beneficiaries from across the 25 Local Government Areas of the state, under the Delta State Micro-credit Scheme.
In 2018 and 2019 respectively, a total of 745 and 1,201 YAGEP and STEP beneficiaries — including PWDs were trained and empowered in the state.
In 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa empowered; - 450 GESTpreneurs through the Girl Child Empowerment Office, - 810 rural youths through the Ministry of Youth Development; and - 460 women through the Delta State Ministry of Women Affairs.
450 Girls Entrepreneurship and Skills Training (GEST) Programme beneficiaries in the 2020/2021 cycle.
810 Rural Youth Skill Acquisition (RYSA) Programme beneficiaries in in the 2020/2021 cycle.
Women Empowerment Skill Acquisition Programme (WESAP) beneficiaries in 2020.
In 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa approved the commencement of a new cycle for - 810 youths under the RYSA programme, - 900 girls under the GEST programme and - 630 youths under ICT-YEP
In 2022, a total of; - 593 successful ICT-YEP beneficiaries were empowered with starter packs, - 1,000 STEP, YAGEP beneficiaries including PWDs were empowered through the Job Creation office, and - 817 successful GEST beneficiaries were empowered with starter packs.
These programmes have so far; 1.Improved economic/trade skills and activities in vulnerable groups like the Women, the Girl Child, PWDs, PLWAs, etc. 2.Improved youth engagement in economic activities 3.Improved Delta State’s position in the index of poor states in Nigeria 4.Improved the state’s GDP 5.Improved participation in Graduate Certificate Holders in Agro-prenuership 6.Built a new generation of entrepreneurs, and 7.Secured sustainable prosperity for all Deltans
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa's administration — through the establishment of entrepreneurs and the development of MSMEs, has built a stronger economy for Delta State.
In the last 7 years, Governor Okowa through massive infrastructural upgrades and policy formulation in the educational sector has improved literacy, expanded the quality of education and developed skilled human resources in Delta State.
These remarkable accomplishments started in 2015 when Gov. Okowa created the Delta State Ministry of Technical Education to institutionalize technical and vocational education to empower Deltans with the requisite knowledge & entrepreneurial skills for business, trade & commerce.
In the same year, Governor Okowa also provided state-of-the-art technologies as teaching aids for use in the Technical/Vocational Institutions and Introduced the use of Support Staff for Technical/Vocational Institutions.
Arising from the interventions of the Technical and Vocational Education and Agricultural Training institutions in Delta State, students' enrolment in the state increased by 22%, and the pass rate in technical subjects improved by 59%.
In his first tenure — leading to the 2018/2019 academic year, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa approved the sum of N381 Million naira under the bursary scheme for students in higher institutions across the country — with over 17,000 students from Delta State benefiting from the scheme.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in his first tenure also paid a total of N5.2billion naira in counterpart funds for the Universal Basic Education Fund (for the years 2013-2017) and accessed marching grants of N5.2billion naira.
In the same period, he procured 140,478 students’ furniture and 22,440 teachers’ furniture.
In 2019, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa approved the construction of 19 new technical colleges across Delta State — with 9 of the colleges already completed.
(A video of Government Model Technical College, Asaba.)
In 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa established the Teachers Professional Development Centre to ensure the recruitment and continuous training of teaching staff. Through this centre, a total of 6,504 personnel in Delta State have been trained under the:
In 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa established three new universities in the state namely; - Dennis Osadebey University, Asaba from former Anwai Campus of Delta State University, - University of Delta, Agbor from former College of Education, Agbor, and - Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro from former Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa also Upgraded over 80% of public schools in Delta State and Established 79 additional schools in the state — which include 16 Primary Schools, 43 Secondary schools, 8 Vocational schools, 9 Technical Schools and 3 Tertiary Institutions.
As a result of these, Education GDP has been on a steady rise since 2015 recording 37% growth from 2015 to 2019 and 14% growth in 2020.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration continues to invest in quality education in Delta State as part of his #StrongerDelta agenda and vision — as his administration works towards finishing strong.
In the last 7 years, Gov. Okowa has massively upgraded infrastructures which has stimulated growth in the economy, attracted tourists, investors and public-private partnerships and has also advanced the architectural beauty of Delta State.
Through the urban renewal and infrastructure sector, in 2015, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa set up a Project Steering Committee to transform the Asaba International Airport into a regional economic hub through a robust public-private partnership.
Before signing a 30 years concession agreement with Halcrow Infrastructure Consortium in 2021, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; 1. Fully rehabilitated/reconstructed the runway, taxiway and other ancillary works, 2. Completed the perimeter fence, 3. Evacuated the hill beside the airport to provide an obstacle-free zone for the runway as demanded by regulatory authority. 4. Completed the installation of Instrument Landing System & the Airfield Ground Lighting System. As a result, the airport can now handle night operations 5. Established a medical center, 6. Completed the Fire-fighting Station with a Watchtower for firefighters, 7. Rehabilitated the unserviceable Automatic Weather Observation System and the Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System which has improved the overall safety of the airport. Subsequently, the airport was upgraded from a category 3 to Category 6 airport, which enables aircraft as large as the Boeing 737 to land.
Since 2015 till date, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has constructed over 883 road projects, covering over 1,814.85 kilometers and 109179.66 meters of drainage channels across Delta State through the;
1. Ministry of Works; 2. Ministry of Urban Renewal, 3. Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC); 4. Direct Labour Agency, 5. Warri/Uvwie and Environs Special Areas Development Agency (WUEDA); and 6. Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency (DCTDA).
Some roads and drainages commissioned by the @OfficialPDPNig National Chairman @iyorchiayu in Delta State. In the same period, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa completed six (6) bridges in his effort to improve the road network in the state, and currently, the construction of 15 bridges is ongoing.
The completed bridges are; 1. The bridge over rail crossing at Agbor; 2. The Ovwor/Effurun-Otto bridge; 3. 2 Pedestrian bridges in Asaba; 4. The Agbarho/Orherhe bridge; and 5. The Oha/Orerokpe bridge.
In 2016, Governor Okowa established the Delta State Investment Development Agency (DIDA). A body charged with harnessing available natural resources in the state to: 1. Promote inflow of investments 2. Diversify the state’s economy from over-dependence on petroleum revenue 3. Liaise with the organized private sector, embassies, and investors to utilize investment opportunities and 4. Grow the state’s economy.
In 2018, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa completed the Stephen Keshi Stadium — 16 years after the foundation was laid by previous administration and hosted its first international march between Nigeria and Uganda in the same year.
Subsequently the stadium is set to host the 21st National Sport's Festival in November 2022 housing over 15,000 athletes and team officials.
In 2019, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; - Approved the reconstruction of water schemes in some riverside communities, particularly in Warri North LGA.
In 2020, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa approved the establishment of the Film Village and Leisure Park at Ugbolu, in Oshimili North Local Government under a public-private partnership.
In 2020, Governor Okowa completed and inaugurated; - The 17th Court of Appeal division — a state of the art architecture in Asaba, Delta State. - The ‘Smart Delta Food Arena’ across various locations in Asaba through the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency (DSCTDA)
Governor Okowa also completed and inaugurated; - A 720-capacity hostel for NYSC members at the Permanent Orientation Camp in Issele-Uku. - 28 internal roads in Okpanam.
Gov. Okowa also; - Approved the construction & rehabilitation of 13 roads across the state and a flyover along Ibusa Road at Koka Junction in Asaba. - Implemented a public-private partnership for the establishment & operation of an Agro-Industrial Park in Aboh Ogwashi-Uku, Delta
In 2021, Gov. Okowa; - Commissioned the Multi-Billion Naira Ultra Modern Secretariat Complex adding to the architectural beauty of Asaba, the state capital. - Signed an MoU with USAID for the implementation of effective water sanitation and hygiene services across Delta State.
The Prof. Chike Edozien Secretariat was commissioned by the Vice-President of Nigeria, His Excellency, @ProfOsinbajo.
In 2021, Gov. Okowa also; - Approved the widening & rehabilitation of the 2.1 km Orhuwhorun Road in Udu LGA of the state. - Completed & commissioned the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council Secretariat in Asaba and;
As Governor Okowa’s administration draws closer to the finish line, its political will to bring development to various parts of Delta State, improve its rating on transparency and accountability, and foster rural-urban integration remains pivotal in his drive to finish strong.
Go and see what ebonyi state and akwa ibom states are doing in terms of infrastructure u will weep for delta state. Boys here survive with yahoo or keke riding. Warri city has been reduced to zero
See the poor quality trash they are hurriedly trying to conjure together to market that horse teeth...
Foolish people.
The picture qualities says a lot. One can then imagine what these phantom projects that photoshop and filters couldn't enhance would look like on ground.
Okowa is one of the worst governor to have govern delta state, Warri presently is a dead city with no new infrastructures since his inception 7 and half year ago. Asaba is just a ceremonial capital without jobs and good healthcare after almost 31 years of being capital. People still travel to Benin or Onitsha for medication. it is most dishearten seening him as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar of PDP.
Santdsaint: Go and see what ebonyi state and akwa ibom states are doing in terms of infrastructure u will weep for delta state. Boys here survive with yahoo or keke riding. Warri city has been reduced to zero
Keke u talk about are mostly done by aboki who reside in delta pls
Sometimes i wonder if warri, ughelli, sapele, oghara and other non Igbo speaking cities are not part of Delta state. Okowa totally ignored warri which is the heartbeat of delta State, without warri there will be no delta State. Even sapele and ughelli are even more deltan than Asaba. Okowa totally ignored those areas and his focus was only to his Igbo speaking communities. Whatever the people from urhobo did to okowa, i don't understand because all urhobo speaking cities from sapele to warri (uvwie) to ughelli to abraka to ogarha and many more, cities that made delta State who she is Today. The people of the urhobo are the representative of delta State outside delta State and beyond, to Ghana to USA to Canada to Asia to Europe. Ask 1000 deltans in Europe and Asia and America where they come from and 99.9% will say they are urhobos. Okowa totally ignored urhobo speaking cities and all these cities totally dilapidated, streets lights stopped working, roads getting worst, warri became dirty. Even without the urhobo people (ughelli) end SARS won't have started. These people were the first to start the movement, the youths from ughelli north were the driving force behind end SARS.
Okowa has totally failed the urhobos in delta State and for that, We won't support Atiku. Atiku should have gone for the governor of akwa ibom.
OVB123: Okowa is one of the worst governor to have govern delta state, Warri presently is a dead city with no new infrastructures since his inception 7 and half year ago. Asaba is just a ceremonian capital without jobs and good healthcare after almost 31 years of being capital. People still travel Benin or Onitsha for medication. it is most seening as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar of PDP.
No health care in Asaba but he commission d new Asaba teaching hospital and emergency ambulance health service.Pls don't be blinded by party sentiments
Okowa did all this and didn't remember to pay pension money to primary school teachers that retired Since 2015. How did he expect them to survive? I don't want to join the political bashing group but you should advise your principal that pensioners are dying out of hunger. I know what my dad went through before he finally died last week. When people labour for government they shouldn't be made to suffer.
Atiku and PDP no get sense. U picked okowa when u have some extra ordinary candidate such as udom Emmanuel, seyi makinde and wike.
Seyi makinde will divide vote of south west which will affect APC.
Akwa Ibom + and cross River votes can deliver South for PDP if he pick udom Emmanuel. Cos I never see any Governor perfect better than udom in the whole South South.
Wike his Rivers, Rivers is wike. I know how many vote Jonathan got from rivers in 2015. Going to where they have voting strength will deliver the party.
Anyway congratulations to APC in adv even thou am Obidient
And the continued failed leadership is singularly responsible.
When I tell people that Lagos could have been adversely transformed into an old colonial state capital, but for Tinubu and those who followed him, some would argue.
I'm glad many Deltans admit there has been retrogression, and Warri, a once boisterous city, is a shadow of its former self.
Best option for Atiku. Wike was not just an option. Spent the better part of the primaries campaign abusing Atiku and some other PDP aspirants. He was just too arrogant and proud. No manifesto just shouting "Gimme the ticket, gimme power) not a presidential figure. He needs to learn how to talk and address people. If you were to be in Atiku's shoes, am very sure you won't pick Wike as a running mate besides Wike is not loved in the Muslim north.
