In 2018, taps in Balaka Town ran dry due to protracted drought, stirring fierce scrambles for water from trucks. The water woes exposed the vulnerability of the heavily silted Mpira Dam, constructed to supply Ntcheu District and the neighbouring Balaka. Communities at the receiving end realised that the dam surrounded by fast-disappearing trees could neither
Omo-Agege’s milk of human kindness
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By Festus Ahon
SINCE the creation of Delta Central, the people of the senatorial district have not had a qualitative and rewarding representation in the Red Chamber as they currently have in Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Deputy President of the Senate. Virtually every community in the senatorial district is feeling the impact of Omo-Agege.
Omo-Agege, who was elected into the Senate in 2015, has proved himself to be a true voice of the people of Delta Central compared to what the people had from the inception until 2015.
He influenced the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Orogun, Defence Space School, Orogun, 45 transformers, 700 stands of street lights and renovation/rehabilitation of a good number of secondary schools across the senatorial district.