Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s return to the country, after 103 days in London for medical treatment, “deserves to be celebrated.” Okowa was quoted as saying this yesterday in a statement by the Government House, Asaba. “We thank God for the return of Mr. President to the country. Death is not a thing that one can wish any one and the return of President Buhari deserves to be celebrated. Nigerians have come to realise that it is better for us to remain united as a people,” he said. Th e Delta Governor spoke at a church service to mark 26 years of the creation of Delta.
“As a people, as a state and as a government, we have every reason to celebrate because, if not for any other reason, from August last year when we marked our silver jubilee to this year, there is reasonable restoration of peace, especially in our creeks where there is no longer destruction of pipelines.” Okowa, who spoke yesterday at an interdenominational thanksgiving service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Delta Province 3 Headquarters, Asaba, said: “Th ough the impact of the peace that has returned to the creeks may not have been felt in our economy, because, the state did not only suff er from the eff ect of consistent low price of oil for more than 38 months; we were not just aff ected by the price going down and the quantum produced but, there is hope that it will be better. “We are grateful to the church for the prayers, we are thankful to the youths for sheathing their swords, we thank our traditional rulers for their interventions, and to all those who worked for peace to return to our state, we say, thank you”, Okowa said
