Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to ensure the completion of ongoing projects across the state.
The union made the plea among others in a communiqué read after a congress in Asaba.
The communiqué was signed by the Chairman and General Secretary of the union, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu and Patrick Ochei as well as members of the communiqué drafting committee.
The union, while commending the governor for the ongoing construction of the NUJ press centre, specifically mentioned uncompleted projects such as Ayakoromo bridge, Omadino-Ughoton-Adagbrasa road and appealed for their speedy completion.
The union also called on the state government to upgrade facilities at the state-owned media houses – Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba and Warri and The Pointer Newspaper – with a view to improving on the quality of services in line with acceptable international standards.
It further called on the state government to construct permanent Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps at strategic locations to take care of people sacked from their homes annually by flood, especially parts of Oshimili South, Aniocha South, Ndokwa federal constituency, Isoko, Ughelli, Warri, Ewu, Okwagbe and other riverine communities.
“The state government should install traffic lights at strategic junctions and roundabouts in major cities and towns in the state to ease traffic gridlock and make functional some of the traffic lights that are faulty,” the communiqué added.
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