Okowa meets with U S Consul - General

A leading gubernatorial aspirant in Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has restated his desire and commitment to giving the people of Delta State purposeful leadership. He said he has the requisite Executive and Legislative experience to pilot the affairs of the State

Speaking during a meeting with the U S Consul - General,  Jeffrey Hawkins, in Warri, Delta State,  Senator Okowa said his stewardship as a three times Commissioner in Delta State, a former Secretary to the State Government and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,  has given him a firm knowledge of economic challenges facing the State and would immediately hit the ground,  if elected Governor of the State in 2015.

He told the U S delegation that because he has been with the people of Delta State since 1999, he has earned the confidence of the people in the three Senatorial districts of the State.  He said his five point agenda of Wealth creation and Employment Generation, Peace building and Security, Agriculture and Industrialisation, Health and Education,  and Environment and Urban Renewal are well thought - out economic programmes designed to stimulate economic growth in the informal sector of the economy, and ultimately, protect Deltans from the vagaries of life.

Senator Okowa disclosed to the U. S Consul - General on plan to establish Agro - based industrial Parks in the three Senatorial districts of the State, saying the whole idea is to enhance competition among farmers, encourage the youths to take to agriculture, stimulate agribusiness in the region, attract private sector investment, and increase commercial farming in the State.

Responding, the U. S Consul - General, Jeffrey Hawkins, said the meeting is part of the United States contribution to a transparent and peaceful governorship election in Delta State. He said the U.S looks forward to partnering with the State government in the area of youth development, and lauded Senator Okowa's wealth and job creation plan targeted at the youths of Delta State.

Mr. Hawkins disclosed that the United States government intends to invest more in expanding existing business interest between the two Countries, saying Delta State being an oil producing area has a strategic role to play in that direction.

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