Controversy over ceding of Warri North chairmanship to Egbema-Ijaw
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By Emma Amaize
AFTER 27 years of political dominance, some Itsekiri political leaders in Warri North Area, Delta State, have conceded the 2023 chairmanship of the local government area to the Egbema-Ijaw for peace to reign.
However, controversy has erupted over the political horse-trading, as an Itsekiri group in the area has rejected the deal.
An Itsekiri political leader in Warri North, Mr Godwin Ebosa, denied knowledge of the arrangement when contacted by Vanguard.
Despite the contradictory positions, some Egbema-Ijaw PDP leaders, in furtherance of the agreement, submitted names of Ijaw chairmanship aspirants to a notable Itsekiri PDP leader in the area for transmission to the governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.
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Matthew Ochei, Asaba
The Delta State Government has said it floating market at Oghoye, a fishing community along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in the Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State.
The Commissioner for Works, James Augoye, on Wednesday in Asaba said the N4.2bn floating market was one of the legacy projects of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration.
Augoye noted the people of Oghoye had been trading at the market initially built with planks, but the state government decided to erect a permanent structure along the Athletic Ocean to boost the local economy.
By Festus Ahon, Asaba
Delta State Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, Wednesday said the N4.2 billion Oghoye floating market in Warri North Local Government Area of the State, would be ready before the end of the first quarter of 2021.
Oghoye a fishing community along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, is about 15 minutes drive to the neighbouring Ondo State. Augoye who made disclosure when he played host members of Asaba Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in his office in Asaba, held that the floating market was one of the legacy projects of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration.