Delta: Okowa Pledges To Build 271 Functional Health Centers

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa

The Governor of Delta State,  Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday in Asaba pledged to build 271 functional health centres, one for each ward in the state.

He also promised to pay special attention to the girl-child in the consolidation of his health insurance scheme policy across the state.

Okowa, while addressing members of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State chapter, added that his administration would double its efforts in its wealth creation and social investment programmes for the aged and youths.

The governor, who appreciated the media for their support in his first term, appealed for more cordial partnership with media in the state in order to take the state to greater heights.

To encourage entrepreneurship in the state, Okowa disclosed that 19 more technical schools will be built to complement the already existing six.

The essence, he reiterated, is to encourage children of the state to know how to apply their “brains and hands” to become entrepreneurs and self-reliant after their education.

On development in riverine areas of the state, the governor said his second term would be passionately focussed on the areas.

“I went to communities along the Benin River during the campaign for the last elections and those in the riverine area also need development. We will need to pay more attention to riverine communities because a lot of resources of the state come from there,” he said.