Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday remarked that teachers and other civil servants in the state were better paid than their counterparts in the country.
Okowa made the disclosure while inaugurating the Model Technical College, Obiaruku, Ukwuani local government area of the state.
He tasked the incoming administration to complete the six other technical colleges still under construction and extend it further to other local government areas.
Inaugurating projects executed by his administration like the bridge across River Ethiope at Umusume quarters and access road to Okuzu-Obiaruku; Obi-Ogo/Eziokpor/Umuoshi Eziokpor Road, and Model Technical College, Obiaruku thanked the community for their commitment to peaceful relations with Amai community.
He said the state government would encourage the contractor to finish the project on schedule, and lauded the community for its support and cooperation with the contractor.
He thanked the people of Ukwuani for supporting his administration, and urged them to extend same to the incoming administration of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, chairman Ukwuani local government area, Mr. Possible Ajede, had commended the governor for his massive infrastructural projects in the local government area.
He said that the inauguration of the projects signposted economic development milestones of Ukwuani people, adding that the Umusume bridge would open new job opportunities and expansion of Obiaruku community across the River Ethiope.
The Ebu of Umuebu Kingdom, Donald Ekeruche and his chiefs-in-council who came out to welcome the Governor and his entourage, commended him for the road project and for ensuring that peace prevailed between Umuebu and Amai communities.
