Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has made Rivers State the
reliable index for development in Nigeria, says the State Commissioner
for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim.
Nsirim who said this while reacting to a phone-in radio programme today,
5/6/2021, declared that his assertion remains incontrovertible.
The Information and Communications Commissioner said Governor Wike was
not given handover note by his predecessor but that his ingenuity has
enabled him record such unprecedented height in the delivery of
democratic dividends to Rivers people.
On the issue of employment generation, Nsirim said Governor Wike come to
change the narrative by building institutions that are providing
employment for youths of the State.
“Governor Wike is building institutions such as the Rivers State
University Medical College, the Cassava Processing Company etc and we
should understand that and not just to play to the galary and politicise
everything.
“The Governor has made it as part of Government policy to fuse into all
contracts being executed in the State, apprenticeship scheme which
compels the companies to employ engineers-trainees and train them for
capacity development, he said.
On issues of security, Nsirim said Wike has evolved an effective
strategy to deal with the security situation in Rivers State. “Wike has
a strategy and of course he doesn’t do this without the State Security
Council which comprises of the Army, Navy, Airforce, Police, DSS and the
Civil Defence Corps.
He said the State Government under Wike set up the a formidable security
architecture codenamed Operation Sting which has become a very robust
security structure that has received global commendation.
“The C4i has also been rejuvenated. We are having a robust security
architecture and I challenge those in the State to tell us what the
crime statistics used to be before 2015 and now.
He advised the people, particularly those in the opposition in the State
to know that the State belongs to all and stop playing to the galary
instead of engaging in constructive criticism. “The time has come for
Rivers people to understand that we have a Governor who is being
celebrate in the country today for his outstanding performance.”