Health

By Elo Edremoda, Warri Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has explained that the ravaging COVID-19 Delta variant is not in any way synonymous with Nigeria’s Delta State, which he governs. The governor made the clarification Friday, during the commissioning of projects executed in Sapele and Ethiope West council areas of the state. He also tasked Deltans to continue to practice all protocols against the pandemic. Governor Okowa especially urged the people of Delta State to keep adhering…

By Steve Oko Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has declared indefinite strike action beginning from Monday, The National President of NARD Dr. Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa announced this on Saturday in umuahia Abia State at the end of the union’s National Executive Council meeting. Dr Uyilawa cited the inability of the Federal Government to implement the agreements it entered with the union 113 days after it suspended the previous strike as a reason for the industrial…

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for a National Action Plan on Environment to facilitate the reduction of malaria transmission in the country. Okowa made the call when he received officials of Federal Ministry of Health Partners on Roll-Back Malaria led by Dr Eze Nelson, on advocacy visit, at Government House, Asaba. He said that until certain actions were taken in the management of the environment, investments in the treatment of malaria would…

By Isima Sunday The SSA to Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State on Health Monitoring and Coordinator of Delta State Health Monitoring Team, Dr. Michael Nwoko has stated that Delta State Health care delivery system has proven to be efficient and productive under the able leadership of His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa. Dr. Nwoko made this known while addressing news men during the monitoring and evaluation visit to Central Hospital, Ekpan, General…