The Delta State House of Assembly (DSHA) is poised to ensure that the state budget for the 2025 fiscal year is result-oriented, realistic, and implementable.
The speaker, Hon Dennis Guwor, assured this in his remarks at the opening session of a four-day retreat to review the Delta State Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP), 2025 -2027.
The lead facilitator of the retreat, Mr John Mutu, is the president of the African Parliamentary Resource Centre,
He said the House is desirous more than ever before to consider and pass an effective and efficient budget that is responsive to state issues, needs and aspirations of Deltans.
The speaker stated that it is gladdening to note that the governor has shown great vision and foresight towards ensuring the MORE Agenda is reduced to deliverables, assuring that the state legislature will never shirk its responsibilities to make it a reality.
“This retreat with the theme: “Review of The Delta State Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) 2025-2027, is one of the strategic intents of the 8th Assembly to partner and collaborate with the executive arm of government to accomplish the MORE Agenda of the administration.
“I personally attach great importance to this retreat because it provides an opportunity for members of the House to engage the “engineers” that conceptualize the FSP document. It is also a partial fulfilment of our desire to have a pre-budget parlay with the executive arm of Government”, Guwor stressed.
Welcoming lawmakers to the retreat, the clerk of the House, Mr Oto Aghoghophia, said effective legislature contributes to economic prosperity and improved social welfare of a people in a democratic society.
He explained that it was in recognition of that reality and awareness by the management and leadership of the House that informed the high-powered Retreat.
The opening session had in attendance the 29 members of the State Assembly, the secretary to the state government, Dr Kingsley Emu, commissioner for finance, Mr Fidelis Tilije, commissioner for economic planning, Mr Sonny Ekadayen and
