Delta @27: We Are Celebrating Peace, Unity — Okowa

By Kenneth Orusi, Asaba
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that Deltans are celebrating unity and peaceful co-existence as a people.
Speaking at an interdenominational thanksgiving service held on Monday in Asaba, to mark the 27th anniversary of the creation of the state, Governor Okowa, who went through memory lane, thanked traditional rulers, religious leaders and all Deltans for agreeing to live together as one and in peace.
“There is a lot of reason to thank God; if you can recall when the state was created, you knew how the state was, but the peace that we witness today is more than enough reason to thank God.
“The peace that we witness in the state today does not just indicate peace alone, but proof that we are united, our traditional rulers are united and they are speaking with one voice; it was not so in 1991, but we thank God for where we are today, you can feel the impact of that unity and peace in the state.
“We have come to realize that we are one people and that we have to work, grow and think together and that whatever development will come to this state has to be one in which it involves everyone and I give God all the Glory,” Governor added.
The governor at the occasion, attended by his wife, Dame Edith Okowa, his Deputy, Barr Burutu Otuaro, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Chief Judge of the state,Justice Marshal Umukoro, former Deputy Governor Benjamin Elue, national and state law makers, traditional rulers, religious leaders, among other prominent Deltans, congratulated all Deltans and urged them to continue to support his administration.
He assured, “we will continue to do the best that we can to make our state better.”

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