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CROP FARMING: Delta flags off 2020/2021 YAGEP orientation workshop On By Festus Ahon, Asaba Delta State Job and Wealth Creation Bureau, has flagged off the 2020/2021 Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme, YAGEP, cycle with an orientation workshop for 158 crop farmers. Addressing the beneficiaries, the Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer of the State, Prof Eric Eboh, Tuesday, said YAGEP was aimed at creating jobs and wealth by training, establishing and supporting youths to become agricu...

Vanguard News Empowerment: Delta begins training of 1,000 STEP beneficiaries On By Festus Ahon, ASABA IN pursuance of its commitment to training Delta youths into becoming Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Job and Wealth Creators, the State Government has engaged 1,000 unemployed youths in its 2020/2021 Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Programme, STEP and Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme, YAGEP. Speaking during the Orientation and Personal Effectiveness Training, OPET held for enro...

He stated that the project was one of the efforts of government geared towards diversification of the state’s economy. “You will recall that during our electioneering campaign in our first tenure, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa came out with an acronym SMART Agenda in which includes Agricultural reforms and accelerated industrialisation. “Government after governments had continued to preach diversification without doing much in that direction. “The development of the Agro-Industrial Park is a s...

Asaba International Airport: Build-up to concession, issues, benefits On BY CHRIS ALIGBE Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 is a day that will not escape a chapter in the history of Aviation in Nigeria and a reference, even if obliquely, in Africa. It was the day the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa presided over the signing of the Concession Agreement of the Asaba International Airport.  The Airport is the first Brownfield Airport in Nigeria and indeed Africa. The Concession model adopt...

By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, Jan. 12, 2021 Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa has injected N8 billion sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria into the Agro-Industrial Park project in Aboh-Ogwashi in Aniocha South Local Government Area. Mr Charles Aniagwu, the state Commissioner for Information, said this on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the project. He added that the project partners were also coming in with their resources to fund and develop the park. According to him, the agro-industrial park will be ...

ASABA – Delta State Government on Tuesday said the Agro-Industrial Park being established in Aboh-Ogwashi in Aniocha South Local Government Area would be a catalyst for economic transformation in the state. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Charles Aniagwu, stated this during an inspection tour of the project, and said that it was a strong commitment of Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration to grow a Delta economy not dependent on oil. According to Aniagwu who said that the Pa...

Youth empowerment engine for stronger Delta – Okowa On Kindly Share This Story: Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (left) presenting tool box to Mr. Olise Chukwunwike, during the Official Presentation of Starter Packs to the Last Batch of 2019/2020 Beneficiaries of STEP and YAGEP Program, at Event Centre, Asaba. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State says his administration’s determination to empower Delta youths with skills is targeted at building a stronger Delta. He stated this on...