Delta State Government is set to talk with the State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, on the execution of the new minimum wage.
The State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza disclosed this in a post-Exco briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at Government House, Asaba, Delta State.
The talks between Government and the organized labour, Osuoza said, would revolve around the consequential adjustments of the new minimum wage saying that the discussion was expected to be concluded in a week.
Osuoza said Governor Oborevwori briefed Exco about the prevalent hardship in the economy and directed the Commissioner for Agriculture and the Chief Job Creation Officer to bring up programmes that would cushion the effect of the hardship, especially on youths across the Delta State.
According to him, the Exco approved the appointment of Obi Sunday Ubaka Ogboli as Obi of Issele-Mkpitime in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the State, reconstruction of the 30.5km Ohoror-Bomadi Road; Construction of the Olomoro-Igbide Road 5.7km; Construction 4.8km Emevor-Ivrogbo-Orogun Road Phase 2; 1.3km Otekpo Road in Ellu, Idumu-Etiti Street with a spur to market Road, Owere-Olubo 1km.
Others, he said, include Rehabilitation and Asphalt overlay of failed sections of the 2.8km NNPC Housing Complex Road, Uvwie Local Government Area, Ekeye-Ovedhe close in Okumagba Layout, Warri; General Hospital Road Oghara in Ethiope West Local Government Area; Old Sapele Warri Road from Amukpe Junction to Ikwuehu with spur to Ayemidejor Close in Sapele Local Government Area and the 15.7km Orerokpe-Okulohor-Oviri Road; and the 13.296km Osubi, Okuokoko and environs Phase 1.
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Speaking also, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme said: “His Excellency in his good wisdom, gave approval for the Ministry of Health to procure two CT scanning machines, one for Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara and the other one for the Central Hospital, Warri.
“These are tertiary institutions training resident doctors and these machines are needed some of our resident doctors to get accreditation. So it is a good thing for the state government to acquire these machines for the two tertiary institutions in the state,” he said.
He also disclosed that the Ministry of Health has gotten approval to renovate over 150 primary health centres across the State .
