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DELTA

THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 2009

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A new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yakubu Adamu Alkali has been appointed for the State Command of the Nigeria Police Force.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan while receiving the new Commissioner yesterday at Government House, Asaba, urged him to strive to surpass the achievement of his predecessor, Mr. Jacob Oshiomogho who is retiring after thirty-five years of service.

The Governor pointed out that the Commissioner of Police was assuming duty at a time the State was facing security challenges as a result of the on-going military operations in the Niger Delta.

Dr. Uduaghan who described Delta State as Police friendly, emphasized government's resolve to support the police and other security agencies in the performance of their duties.
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The Governor congratulated the retiring commissioner of Police, Jacob Oshiomogho for successfully serving the nation and commended him for his achievements in the State.

The new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yakubu Alkali thanked Governor Uduaghan for supporting his predecessor and appealed that same should be extended to him. Earlier, the retiring Commissioner of Police, Mr. Oshiomogho introduced the new Commissioner of Police to the Governor and expressed gratitude. for his support which aided his success in the State.

The new Commissioner of Police Mr. Yakubu Alkali holds a masters degree in strategic studies from the University of Ibadan. Until his new assignment, he was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Government House Correspondent Jeyere Ugbeye reports that the new commissioner of Police was accompanied on the visit by the new Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Simeon Midinda and many others.

The new Commissioner of Police, Yakubu Adamu Alkali has assumed duty at the Delta State Police Command Headquarters, Asaba. Yakubu Adamu Alkali takes over from Jacob Oshiomogho currently on pre retirement leave and will disengage in August.

Police Commissioner Alkali is a fresh graduate of the National Defence College Abuja and was formerly Police Commissioner Department of Research and Planning at the Police Headquarters, Abuja. He hails from Niger State has worked in various capacities in the Nigeria Police force.

Meanwhile, the retiring State Commissioner of Police Mr. Jacob Oshiomogho today handed over the mantle of leadership of the command to the new Mr Yakubu Adamu Alkali with a call on officers and men of the command to be loyal and committed to duty.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Executive Assistant on Micro Credit, Dr. Antonia Ashiedu have been commended by the Imo State government for using the programme to alleviate poverty among economically weak Deltans.

The commendation was made yesterday by the Special Adviser to the lmo State Governor on Finance and Accounts, Mr. Kerian Onwuzuruike and Mr. Henry Opara a member of the Imo State Micro Credit Committee when they paid a courtesy call on the Executive Assistant to the Governor on Micro Credit Programme, Dr. Antonia Ashiedu.

They said the visit was to identify with the programme and encourage the State government to sustain the poverty alleviation project.

The visitors said the award presented to Governor Uduaghan by the Central Bank of Nigeria in January at Abuja for excellent performance in the micro credit programme was a testimony that the Uduaghan administration has the interest of the people at heart.

While saying that the lmo State government was ready to tap into the programme, they said the two States would cross fertilize ideas on how to mitigate poverty.

They said the uniqueness of the Micro-Credit programme was because it is community based and not by political patronage,

The Executive Assistant to the Governor on Micro Credit, Dr. Ashiedu who said she was elated with the encomiums showered on the programme, said the governor has been instrumental to the successes recorded in affecting the lives of Deltans.

She said her office has been working with micro finance banks to disburse loans to cluster groups approved by the Scheme, stressing that the Delta/Oceanic Micro Credit Scheme Account was floated to assist.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Otumara has called on Health workers in the State to ensure that the State Health care delivery system is given a boost.

Dr. Otumara who was represented by director,Planning Research and Statistics, Mrs. Lilian Okpako stated thisin Asaba, whIle declanng open a k th' /lnd Attitudinal improvement of Health workers in Effective Health Care delivery.

He said the training programme was designed for participants to have effective management skill in other to reposition the Health Ministry for greater productivity.

Dr. Otumara said the Ministry has put in place appropriate technology in terms of provision of medical equipment, vehicles, computers as well as adequate infrastructural facilities for the fifty-six hospitals in the State.

He said that human capacity was central to the process of development, stressing that this informed the Ministry's constant response to challenges and needs on staff training and development so that there is no decline in productivity.

Dr. Otumara commended Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for creating the enabling environment for the workshop, adding that the workshop will focus on the ethical values of the medical profession, management of health institutions and facilities, managing relationships in the hospital environment, work attitudes that affect productivity, issues, time and stress management as well as information Communication technology in Health care delivery.

He expressed the hope that at the end of the workshop, participants would become better equipped to discharge their responsibilities with greater zeal, vigour and enthusiasm.

Prominent Deltans have been commending the on-going removal of illegal structures by the State Task Force on illegal structures in the Urban Areas of the State.

Among them is the former member of the Delta State House of Assembly Representing Ika North East, Honourable Frank Nwaebo who commended the Task Force for a job well done, stressing that the demolition exercise will bring sanity to the capital city of Asaba.

On his part, the Odogwu of Ok pan am, ChiefP.A Dunkwu enjoined all to obey the laws of the State by following the approved development plan highlighting that "Delta is a State for civilized human beings and not an Animal Farm".

Also commending the exercise, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Land Security, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, urged the Task Force to also descend on all persons that encroached on public school premises.