Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the individuals of the state that his administration will collaborate and proceed to seek the advice of extensively in delivering a liberated state experiencing enduring peace.
The governor stated in doing so, he wouldn’t function as a dictator, however as a member of a crew that has one of the best curiosity of the state at coronary heart and is decided to depart an enduring legacy that may be celebrated.
The governor spoke in the course of the presentation of the Certificates of Recognition and Workers of Workplace to the Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom, Ateke Michael Tom, as first-class custom ruler, on the Authorities Home in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
This was contained in a press release issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nelson Chukwudi.
Fubara acknowledged that in the course of the sixth State Government Council assembly, N80.8 bn was authorized with 50 per cent contract worth paid already as the federal government awarded the development of the Elele-Egbeda-Omoku Street.
He stated the undertaking will likely be funded from the financial savings from Internally Generated Income to underscore his administration’s prudence with out additionally borrowing to finish the undertaking.
Fubara stated, “We’re at a crossroads in our state the place all of us want to face for what is correct. It occurs as soon as in a lifetime. So, for now, be a kind of individuals who will likely be on the course to liberate and free our pricey state.
“And I do know strongly that having the assist of a peace-loving Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom, having the assist of the great Council of Chiefs, having the assist of the nice individuals of Rivers State, we’ll carry peace in our state.
“We’ll do these issues which are proper to develop our state. We’ll proceed to seek the advice of. We won’t act as dictators. We’ll act as individuals who know that at some point, we’ll go away, and once we go away, the way in which now we have acted will communicate for us.”
Persevering with, he stated, ” We won’t pressure individuals to speak good about us. Our legacy will likely be a signature for a way we led.”
Fubara defined that he acted throughout the ambit of the regulation to improve the normal stool upon which King Ateke Tom sits in recognition of his efforts in selling peace in Okrika, and certainly, the state, and urged him to proceed to do justice to everybody.
In his speech, the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Group Affairs, Charles Amadi, congratulated King Ateke Tom.
Additionally talking, former Minister of Transportation, Chief Abiye Sekibo, thanked Fubara for fulfilling his promise of upgrading the normal stool of Okochiri Kingdom, and pledged the assist of Kirike individuals for his administration.
