Tag Archives: Delta

Vanguard reports that the Delta State Government, yesterday said it had stopped the 25 percent mobilisation fee to contractors  for government contracts. According to Vanguard, the State’s Commissioner for Works, Mr James Augoye, who disclosed this during a meeting with contractors in the state, told them to ensure execution of projects awarded to specification “or face sanctions and contracts revocation. “Some contractors have ...

New Telegraph reports that Oghior community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, demanded a compensation of N855 million from the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) for allegedly failing to contain an oil spillage that occurred in September from militants or its operations in the community. According to New Telegraph, the President-General of the community, Hon. Wisdom Ghagara, while warning ...

New Telegraph reports that Delta State Government has partnered a private investor, Re-Homes Property Development Company Limited, to construct an ultra-modern mechanic village in Asaba, the state capital. According to New Telegraph, the Public-Private- Partnership (PPP) project, which is situated along the ever busy Asaba-Onitsha expressway, will gulp over N5 billion before its completion within 12 months. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, ...

Vanguard reports that Delta State Government has released N500 million as part of its counterpart fund for the World Bank assisted Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP. According to Vanguard, the fund is complementing the $2 million approved and released for Delta State by the World Bank from the $500 million approved for erosion control in Nigeria. This came ...

In a bid to enhance and ensure transparent land administration system in Delta State, the State government has launched an Information Communication and Technology (ICT) centre. The Information Communication and Technology (ICT) centre is a partnership deal between the government and Queensbridge Investment Limited, to fast-track the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy to land owners and also boost the Internally Generated ...

A common environmental problem in Nigeria is flood and it is said to occur when a body of water moves over and above an area of land which is not normally submerged. It could also be seen as the inundation of an area not normally covered with water, through a temporary rise in level of stream, river, lake or sea. ...