Delta State Commissioner for Works (Rural and Riverine Roads), Mr. Charles Aniagwu, says the opposition in the state were confused and perplexed by the amazing performances of the Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori administration.
Aniagwu, who disclosed this on a live television programme monitored in Asaba, said the opposition in the state used to be very vociferous but are now confounded by the outstanding accomplishments in infrastructural and human capital development of the Oborevwori administration.
Speaking on: “Developments within the sub-national year 2024 in retrospect,” Aniagwu remarked that 2024 was a great year for Deltans with the entire state witnessing construction works across all local government areas.
He stated that Gov. Oborevwori inherited 377 ongoing road projects, spanning 1,052.4km and had introduced over 136 new road projects, spanning 332km.
“The Oborevwori administration is running strong and you can see why the opposition in Delta have remained silent because they used to be very virile in the past.
“Now, they are quite confused that Oborevwori is running on the promises he made and we are comfortable where we are at the moment with the sterling performances of this administration.
“Governor Oborevwori is not only strong in the area of road construction, we are also renovating a good number of our health centres and general hospitals. We are also having a lot of advancement in the area of rebuilding of our schools.
“I am also happy to announce to you that even our 2025 budget has already been passed and that tells you how serious Governor Oborevwori takes the issue of early start.
“So, as far as we are concerned, on the 1st of January, our 2025 budget would have kicked in because the governor believes that we need to take proactive actions and in this 2025 budget, he is budgeting well in excess of N250 billion to address issues of road infrastructure.
“But in terms of total capital budget, we are spending close to 60 percent of our budgetary provision of N976 billion on the capital part of the budget,” the commissioner stated.
He urged Deltans to assess Gov. Oborevwori’s performance in line with the promises he made during the electioneering campaign, adding that the governor had kept faith with those promises.
“Oborevwori is not only sustaining the temple of development, he is running very, very fast. Of course, bearing in mind that his agenda is a more agenda and for you to understand what Oborevwori is doing in this aspect, you need to look at what we call the marking scheme.
“The marking scheme is called, the more agenda and that more is about meaningful development, opportunities for all the towns, realistic reforms in a number of areas and then of course, enhanced peace and security,” Aniagwu added.
