BUDGET PADDING |Delta state Speaker,Gov Okowa and other lawmakers accused of padding 2016 DESOPADEC Budget in Delta State.

A bloody ethnic crisis is presently brewing among the ethnic nationalities in Delta State following the padding of the 2016 Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC) budget by the speaker of the State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, in connivance with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and other lawmakers.
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How Niger Delta Is Benefiting From Buhari’s Govt. – Lokpobiri

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the development of the entire country, particularly the Niger Delta.

Lokpobiri stated this today during the official presentation of sports equipment to 41 public primary schools in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The minister while speaking as special guest of honour at the National Lottery Trust Fund, also noted that talent development was fundamental to the Buhari regime.

“We believe that talent development is critical to this administration and the Federal Government is ready to support our young children in primary schools to grow with the best of talents that are needed to win Olympics gold in the next few years.

“This programme is carefully designed to support public schools. I think that underscores the importance the Federal Government attaches to public schools”Lokpobiri said.