OUR 3 POINT AGENDA
- Peace and Security
- Human Capital Development
- Infrastructural Development
Tackling These Issues
Special waterways Committee
- Joint Task Force
- Community Policing
- DEEP (Delta State Economic Empowerment Programme)
Focussed on initiatives for unemployment reduction and entrepreneurial development
Accelerated development policies on building infrastructurePeace and Security
Step so far
- Partnered with stakeholders to secure our waterway
- Engagement of citizens resident in the creek in continuous
dialogue to consolidate the security and strict enforcement of laws
- Arrest and prosecution of some Criminal elements
- Enhanced Logistic support for Security Agencies
- Accelerated focused development of riverine and rural oil
producing areas through DESOPADEC
Stability and Calm
- Foreign investors are now visiting areas that were considered "NO GO" places
- All parties are now working towards goal of development in the area
- September 2007: International soccer friendly between Nigeria and Lesotho
- Renewed Communal policing plan being implemented with the Police Force
- Inclusive evaluation mechanism to ensure sustainable peace and calm in the state
Future Plans
- Key issues in security is addressing the development issues of the communities and creating economic opportunities
- Promoting opportunities to enhance investment flow and economic activities
2 Human Capital Development
Our Focus
- Capacity Building-training and re-tooling labour pool
- Unemployment Reduction Programmes
- Small Business Development
- Micro-Credit Schemes
Our First Step
- Intensified collation of database of unemployed and business owners, especially SMEs.
- Commenced capacity building for graduates of tertiary institutions to increase their skill
- Activating skills acquisition centres and programmes for school leavers
- Business management motoring for small business owners