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12—VANGUARD, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019 Osanebi, Otuaro, Muturu hail Okowa, PDP on victory By Festus Ahon & Chris Ochayi & Perez Brisibe A SABA—DEPUTY Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Friday Osanebi, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Atiku Abubakar Media Vanguard, AAMV, Shadrach Otuaro and a member of Delta State Waterways and Land Security Committee, and Chairman of Amnesty Programme, Phase 2, Ambassador Kingsley Muturu, have congratulated Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the victory recorded in the March 9 elections in the state. Osanebi while commending his constituents who trooped to his residence in Beneku community upon the news of the declaration of Okowa as winners of the last Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections, made a surprise cars gifts to two of his constituents. He told party faithful and supporters that the reelection of Okowa for another term of four years was worthy of celebration as it was a reward for diligence and hard work. Also, the state Commissioner for Transport, Mr Vincent Uduaghan and the member representing Ukwuani constituency in the state House of Assembly, Dr Alphonsus Ojo said “Deltans rewarded the governor for his hard work and achievements. Governor Okowa’s performance in all sectors of the state is unequalled. “We thank Deltans for standing firm with Okowa. The people came out in their large numbers to massively vote for him. Okowa's victory has brought stability to the polity of Delta State.” Shadrach Otuaro on his part, said: “I believe that Deltans decided to re-elect Governor Okowa because his administration has performed exceedingly to transform the state, as well as their lives positively. “Deltans reciprocated with their massive votes for the PDP in the gubernatorial election in appreciation of the human capital development and infrastructural projects he (Okowa) has done to transform the state. “I, therefore, applaud the governor, his deputy and the entire Delta State PDP family led by the state chairman, Kingsley Esiso as they begin the next phase of the SMART agenda for the overall benefit of all Deltans.” Muturu in a statement in Abuja, said, “Dr Okowa reelection for the second four years showed the confidence the people of Delta repose in him. “His numerous projects in Bomadi LGA, such as rehabilitation of Bomadi water works, construction of Zion Road to Winners, construction of NEPA Towers across Bomadi River, renovation of Bomadi General hospital and construction of an ultramodern market are just but a few of the many dividends of democracy enjoyed by Bomadi people in the first term of Governor Okowa. “We appreciate your efforts in bringing these projects to Bomadi people and you to see all of them to completion." UPU congratulates Okowa, Urhobo legislators THE Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, has congratulated the Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on his re-election. In a statement by the President General of UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga, he urged the governor to use his new tenure to bring more developments to the Urhobos, in particular, and Deltans in general. “The Urhobo nation is expecting more development projects from the government in the next four,” Taiga said. The UPU also congratulated all the legislators from Delta Central, who won the elections to the state House of Assembly. He urged them to always promote Urhobo interest and work towards the development of Urhoboland. Taiga urged all those who lost elections and are aggrieved to seek legal redress, adding “The Nigerian electoral system is not perfect and you have every right to go to court if you feel aggrieved, but every action you take should be legal. No more violence, we have lost too many people already.” FG orders NNPC, NPDC to take over Shell’s assets in Ogoni By Michael Eboh THE Federal Government, yesterday, revoked the operating licence granted Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for Oil Mining Lease 11, in Ogoni land and transferred the operatorship of the assets to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and its upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC In a letter dated, March 1, 2019, with Reference Number: SH/COS/A/8540 by Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Abba Kyari, the Presidency directed the NNPC and its upstream subsidiary, NPDC to take over the operatorship of the entire asset. In the letter entitled, ‘Operatorship of Entire Oil Mining Lease, OML, 11’ and addressed to the Group Managing Director of NNPC, the Presidency gave the NNPC a deadline of April 30, 2019 to take over operatorship of the asset. The Presidency disclosed that the decision was to ensure smooth resumption of oil exploration and production activities in Ogoniland, going by the delicate situation in the community. The letter reads, “Kindly note that the President has directed NNPC/NPDC to take over the operatorship, from SPDC, of the entire OML 11 not later than April 30, 2019 and ensure smooth re-entry, given the delicate situation in Ogoniland. “Directed NNPC/NPDC to confirm by May 2, 2019 of the assumption of the operatorship. Please accept A-Ibom Assembly passes N672.9bn appropriation bill into law By Chioma Onuegbu UYO—AKWA Ibom State House of Assembly has passed the state appropriation bill of N672.984 billion for the 2019 fiscal year into law. This is against the N670.718billion budget proposal presented by the state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel on November 13, 2018 on the floor of the House. The 2019 appropriation bill was passed yesterday, after the consideration and adoption of the report submitted by the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation chaired by Mr. Usoro Akpansoh, member representing Ibeno/Esit Eket state constituency. In his remarks, Speaker of the House Mr. Onofiok Luke said they tailored the 2019 Appropriation Bill christened, “Budget of Industrialisation for Poverty Alleviation,” to meet salient socio- economic agenda of government in the areas of infrastructure development, job creation and revenue generation. He said, “And to keep the budget in sync with current needs and having considered the opinions of Akwa Ibom people and stakeholders, we decided to increase the total budget by a little over N2 billion to bring the 2019 estimate to N672.98 billion. “It must be emphasised that what we approved emanated from the wishes of stakeholders who considered the parameters for the 2019 proposal during the public hearing on the budget. “Our overall objective the assurances of my highest regards.” The NNPC currently holds 55 per cent in OML 11, while Shell, Total and Eni hold 30 per cent, 10 per cent and five per cent respectively. The Ogoni communities in River State, had for more than 24 years, refused to grant access to Shell for crude oil exploration and production following the controversial killing of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists, by the administration of late General Sani Abacha. OML 11 lies in the southeastern Niger Delta and contains 33 oil and gas fields of which eight are producing as at 2017. COMMEMORATION: From left, Mr. Ulhas Theurkar, HR Manager, Simba Group, sole distributors of TVS tricycles; Mr. Karthik Govindarajan, Head of Marketing; Chioma Akpotha, Nollywood star; Mr. Vivek Pendharkar, Deputy Head, Simba Group; Mrs. Naved Hassan, Head of Training; and Mr. Nitesh Kumar, at the just concluded celebration of International Women's Day in Lagos. was to see that priority was given to areas of immediate importance to the people while we pursue the larger goal of full-scale industrialisation. This House believe that the 2019 Appropriation Bill, having been anchored on identified needs of the people will give impetus for our sustained industrial development." Amnesty beneficiaries, group congratulate Buhari By Gabriel Enogholase B E N I N — BENEFICIARIES of the second phase of the Presidential Amnesty for ex- militants in the Niger Delta, have congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory and reelection in the February 23, 2019 Presidential election. In a statement in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, by Clement Wodo, Goddy Kaduna Dengo Benin, Olotu Wanemi, Stephen Ebinsite and Kingsley Muturu, they said Buhari’s victory at the poll was as a result of his integrity which has endeared him to Nigerians. “We urged you to run an all inclusive government as you promised to ensure the unity of the Nigerian people irrespective of creed, tribe or religion," they stated. S-South group congratulates Buhari, Sanwo-olu Meanwhile, the South- South United People Forum, SSUPF, Lagos State chapter has also congratulated President Buhari and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor-elect of Lagos State, on their victories at the just concluded presidential and governorship polls, respectively. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, chairman of SSUPF, Paul Ogholemu, thanked Nigerians for supporting President Buhari and all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, to guarantee continuity and completion of all projects that would make life better for Nigerians. He said: “The group has been following events in the country with keen interest and knows who President Buhari is. We know where he met the country and where the country is now. We have no doubt that he is taking Nigeria to an enviable height.”
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