Okowa to DESOPADEC: Execute projects that add socio-economic value

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Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State [Image Source:Twitter@DSgovernment]

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, charged the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) to execute projects that would add significant value to the socio-economic lives of people in oil bearing communities in the state.

Okowa gave the charge at his office in Asaba, while swearing-in a new member of the Commission, Mr. Bright Abeke to replace late Joyce Overah who passed on this year.

The governor, who said that he was impressed with the interventionist efforts of DESOPADEC in oil bearing communities in the state, said the best way to address the basic needs of the people was to carry them along in the conceptualization of projects