The Delta State Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N10bn as a social investment to fund palliatives for residents of the state.
According to The PUNCH, this was part of the decisions reached at the maiden Executive Council meeting under the present administration in the state.which was presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at the Exco Chambers, Government House, Asaba, the state capital.
The state Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Comrade Reuben Izeze, after the meeting disclosed that the state executive council gave approval for the construction of several roads in furtherance of the M.O.R.E Agenda of Oborevwori’s administration, explaining that every senatorial district was covered and the roads were critical to uplifting the economic status of the people.
The Commissioner said, “In furtherance of the M.O.R.E Agenda of this administration, the state Executive Council approved the reconstruction of Upper and Lower Erejuwa roads in Warri, Rehabilitation of Esisi road from Warri-Sapele road to Estate roundabout, with a spur to Nana College to link Ajamimogha in Warri.
“Rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of the failed sections of PTI road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area; rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of Oviri Court-Adagbrasa road in Okpe Local Government Area.
“Rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of Ohorhe-Adagbrasa-Ugolo-Okuodiete road with a spur from Adagbrasa to Ughwagba community to Okan junction along the Eku-Osubi-Effurun Road in Okpe Local Government Area.”
The state Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Comrade Reuben Izeze, disclosed that the governor would forward the resolution “to the state House of Assembly for approval for the provision of palliatives for the less privileged, people living with disabilities, widows, women, youths and the aged in the society.”
