Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Dr. Micheal Tidi has congratulated Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on the occasion of his birthday.

Tidi, in a goodwill message to mark Governor Okowa’s 62nd birthday on Thursday in Warri, described his Excellency as an exemplar in humility and industry.

Tidi said the ascetic life style and personal integrity of Governor Okowa has percolated the Nigerian public space, adding that in his words and deeds Okowa “teaches and model.”

“His Excellency ascetic life style and personal integrity has percolated the Nigerian public space. In words and in deed, he teaches and model. In his commitment to excellence, most of us draw inspiration. Ekwueme, at 62, remain an exemplar in humility and industry and I pray God to grant him many more years in active service to humanity,” Tidi said.

Tidi, described the recent report by National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, which revealed that Delta State economy grew by 51 percent in six years, with her Gross Domestic Product, GDP rising to N4. 471 trillion in 2019 from N2. 961 trillion in 2015, vis-a-vis the corresponding increase in the fortunes of non-oil sector, as eloquent testimony of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa’s, “excellent and strategic leadership qualities.”

“We are not surprised about the NBS report, because the STEP, YAGEP, GEEP, PPSP and Special Programme for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and other strategic programmes initiated by your administration, alongside key infrastructural development projects, are natural socio – economic drivers.

“Your Excellency’s records are impressively long and ever flowing. Yet, we remain expectant of more to come, as you continue to lead, mold, guide, and light the path in our State’s onward march to attaining a Stronger Delta”.

While congratulating the Governor on behalf of the Executive Council, Legislative Arm, Staff and Good People of Warri South Local Government, Dr. Tidi, added: “We trust God to bless you and your family with sound health, lasting joy and divine protection.”