Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, FCA, has said that the administration of Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori is creating an enabling environment of peace and prosperity for all Deltans.
Onyeme, made the disclosure on Thursday in Asaba when he received members of Ndokwa Committee For Growth And Development in his office.
According to him, government is committed to ensuring peace and security in all parts of the state in line with the MORE Agenda of the Oborevwori administration.
The Deputy Governor said, “I want to assure you that this administration ably led by His Excellency, Rt.Hon.Sheriff Oborevwori is ensuring that every nook and cranny of Delta State, Ukwuani inclusive, enjoy peace and prosperity.
“If you look at the agenda of the government, peace and security is one important part of the agenda that ensures that we have peace and security and the government is working assiduously to make it better.”
He assured the people that government is tackling herdsmen menace and will not also, allow any part of its territory to be taken by other states.
While calling on communities in the state that are having boundary issues with their neighbors in Edo, Ondo and Bayelsa States to remain calm, Deputy Governor Onyeme stated that the National Boundary Commission will ensure that the boundaries are properly demarcated to forestall break down of law and order.
Earlier in an address, Chief Chinyonye Aliyu who led members of Ndokwa Committee For Growth And Development to visit the Deputy Governor, called on government to check the menace of herdsmen at Obiaruku, Obinomba, Ebedei, Umutu, Umuaja and other communities in Ukwuani Local Government Area.
She also raised alarm that communities in Edo State backed by the government of that state are harnessing their land and called for urgent intervention from the government of Delta State.
The member representing Ndokwa West Constituency at the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Charles Emetulu, his counterpart in Ndokwa East, Prince Emeka Osamuta, the Commissioner for Finance, Chief Fidelis Tilije, the Deputy Chief of Staff, Sir Christopher Osakwe and other top government functionaries witnessed the event.
