infrastructure, education, health top priorities
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, presented a N214.2 billion budget to the Edo State House of Assembly, for the 2022 fiscal year, representing a 32.96 percent increase from the N161.1 budgeted for the year 2021.
Obaseki, who presented the budget to...
factory to be supported by over 2000 smallholder farmers
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has tasked youths to embrace opportunities in the agriculture value chain by deploying innovative ideas to initiate and develop agribusiness projects.
Obaseki made the submission after commissioning a 5,400mt per annum cashew processing factory,...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has signed the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill pegged at N164.7bn into law, after due passage by the Edo State House of Assembly.
Obaseki said the budget christened ‘Making Edo Great Again (MEGA) budget’ is anchored on robustly responding to the dislocations caused by...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured the implementation of policies that will empower youths and women as well as vulnerable persons to deploy digital platforms to make decent living and contribute to the state’s economic growth and development.
Obaseki gave the assurance in commemoration of the World...
Delta Government on Thursday said it had taken steps to grow the economy of the state amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu disclosed this in Asaba while briefing newsmen on some of the decisions taken by the government to rejig the state’s economy.
He said part of the...
Not less than 500 informal businesses in Edo State run by widows have received grants to boost their business ventures.
The cash transfer to the widows is coordinated by the Edo State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Office.
The grant, according to the focal person, Edo SDGs, Eire. Ifueko Alufohai, was donated...
Delta Government on Monday said it had begun active case search in six local government areas in a bid to check community transmission of COVID-19 in the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, disclosed this in Asaba at a news briefing by the Technical Committee on COVID-19 Response...
says an oil worker from the rig is being treated at the State's Treatment Centre
Determined to protect the people of Rivers State from coronavirus, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Thursday inaugurated the State Task Force on Border Closure.
Governor Wike also announced that one of the new...
A former lawmaker representing the State of New Hampshire in the United States Congress, Ambasdor Richard Swett, has proposed a rural development model for Bayelsa State.
Speaking in Government House, Yenagoa, during a courtesy visit, Ambassador Swett said the development model would create jobs, housing, electricity and food among other...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has pledged to sustain ongoing reforms and projects to open up new towns and communities in the state for increased economic growth.
Obaseki gave the assurance on Wednesday, when he received the management team of Benin Club 1931, who were on a courtesy...
