Delta State Commissioner for Girl Child Entrepreneurship and Humanitarian Support Services, Orode Uduaghan, addressed journalists after presenting her ministry’s budget for 2025 at the Interministerial Budget Defence event organized by the Ministry of Economic Planning. During the event, she expressed optimism about the ministry’s budget allocation and outlined the plans and achievements for the coming year.
Speaking to the press, Uduaghan said, “We are here today to defend what we put into the budget and it was okay. At the end of the day, it is for the betterment of the people of Delta State. It is well and a very good one.”
The Commissioner provided insights into the activities and programs her ministry aims to implement in 2025. She emphasized that the ministry would continue its grants program and expand its focus to include younger girls, community support initiatives, and efforts to combat human trafficking and abuse.
“We are going to continue with our grants program, and we are going to expand a little bit to younger girls as well,” Uduaghan stated. “We are going to do a lot of community support programs and we are going to work hard around the whole menace of human trafficking and abuse on young girls. We are going to expand our girl child program. There are also programs for poor and vulnerable households.”
She acknowledged the economic challenges in Nigeria and reiterated the ministry’s commitment to addressing the needs of vulnerable households in Delta State. “You can attest that Nigeria is getting tougher by the day, and a lot of our responsibility rests on human efforts, so we are looking to expand a lot of programs around the vulnerable households. I hope by God’s grace we will just do better than what we did this 2024 and continue to improve the life of Deltans,” she added.
Reflecting on the ministry’s achievements in the past year, Uduaghan highlighted significant progress made through various programs aimed at empowering young girls and supporting vulnerable communities. She pointed out that over 5,000 people have benefited from the ‘MORE Grant Scheme’ and that the ministry has successfully implemented skill acquisition and entrepreneurial programs across Delta State.
“We have done quite a lot, and as of today, we have done a little bit of over 5000 people through our ‘MORE Grant Scheme’ and we have done programs for young girls. We have been around schools, and we have done skill acquisition programs. We’ve done entrepreneurial programs,” Uduaghan said.
She also mentioned ongoing efforts to strengthen partnerships with private entities to bolster the ministry’s programs and initiatives. “We brought in a couple of private partners into the state that will work with us. We are working, it’s not easy but we are working just to make sure that this administration succeeds and Deltans are happy.”
The Delta State Commissioner reaffirmed her ministry’s dedication to enhancing the quality of life for Deltans, particularly young girls and vulnerable groups, and expressed confidence that the planned programs for 2025 would further these efforts.
