DRTV BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE RECONSTITUTED

The Delta State government has approved the reconstitution of the Board of Directors of the Delta Broadcasting Service, Warri.The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Oma Djebah who stated this while briefing the press on resolutions reached in a meeting by the State Executive Council in Asaba said that the Chairman of the former Board of the Broadcasting Station,

Ambassador Elizabeth Ogbon-Dey has been re-assigned while the former General Manager of the Station, Mr. Willy Sohwo has also been redeployed outside the station. He however, stated that Mr. Eric James remains the Acting General Manager of the Broadcasting Station.

Mr. Djebah said the decision of EXCO was based on report of a Panel headed by the Director of Information sometime ago to investigate the incessant conflicts between the part-time Board members and Management of the Station after the Ministry had made sprinted effort at resolving the conflict that was capable of paralyzing operations in the station.

He also said that EXCO approved the employment of a qualified accountant for the Service to assist in repositioning and total re-organization of the Accounts and Finance Department to enthrone proper internal control mechanisms in the service.

Mr. Djebah equally disclosed the one month suspension of Mr. O. Mukoro, the Chairman of RATTAWU for acts considered to be against the accepted ethics of Public Service and for masterminding the shutting down of the station without following the due process of Labour Laws and principle of collective bargaining.

The Commissioner also stated that EXCO considered the report and recommendations of the panel constituted by the State government to investigate the communal conflict between Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh Communities in Udu and Warri South-West Local Government areas respectively.

He said the State Government resolved that the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Urban Development in conjunction with the State Boundary Committee are to commence the process of boundary demarcation between the two local government areas without prejudice to on-going court cases as well as construction of a new access road linking Ogbe-Ijoh with Warri Township Ring road, bye-passing Aladja town.

The Commissioner further said that government will acquire the stretch of land in conflict from the first culvert in Aladja to the second culvert at Ogbe-Ijoh for public purposes as a lasting solution to resolving the crisis, without prejudice to the court cases, adding that all forms of development by any individual or group in the area are prohibited.