Ahead of the March 27, 2021, by-election for the Aba North/Aba South federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, has urged the stakeholders in the area to support an indigene of Aba as their candidate for the position.
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Tears, eulogies as Okowa, Otuaro, Oborevwori, lawmakers, others bid Owhefere farewell
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From Left: Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, his Deputy, Barr. Kingsley Otuaro, and the wife of Late Hon Tim Owhefere, Mrs Ezinne Owhefere, during an outing service in honour of Late Hon Tim Owhefere at Akiewhe-Owhe in Isoko North LGA.
By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha, ASABA
DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, his Deputy, Mr Kingsley Otuaro, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, members of the House, Commissioners, political leaders and other top Government functionaries, weekend bidded the late Majority Leader of the House, Mr Tim Kome Owhefere farewell.
Okowa, wife, Oborevwori, others get COVID-19 vaccine
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By Festus Ahon, ASABA
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, his wife, Edit, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, members of the State Executive Council and President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Patience Elumeze, were Friday, vaccinated against the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic as the State Government commenced the vaccination exercise.
Health workers were also vaccinated in the exercise which was held at the Executive Council Chamber, Government House, Asaba. Speaking after he was vaccinated, Okowa said the vaccine was approved by World Health Organisation, WHO and National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC and encouraged the people to take it.
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The Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Enugu and Akwa Ibom state governments on Friday commenced the vaccination of frontline health workers in the state against the deadly coronavirus as part of efforts to reduce the spread of the pandemic.
This is just as the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his Delta counterpart, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, received the first jab of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Also, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and Governor AbdulRamon AbdulRazaq took their first jabs.
Sanwo-Olu, who received the vaccine on Friday at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, along with is deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and the Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, said there was no reason for anyone to panic over the desirability of the vaccine.