Harcourt Aba Expressway.The Thursday, June 23, 2020 meeting that held at Government House,
Port Harcourt was presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner for Works,
Austin Ben-Chioma said the council also approved the dualization of
Ezimbu Link Road connecting Stadium Road from GRA junction and the
Tombia Road extension linking Ikwerre road.
He said Council considered the Rumuola flyover not more fitting for the
city and approved its expansion to become four lanes to ease vehicular
movement and boost economic activities.
According to him, to ensure that motorists do not suffer untold hardship
during the road construction, the state government will create
alternative routes.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Information and Communications,
Pastor Paulinus Nsirim announced the Council’s approval of guidelines
for marriages during the Covid-19 period.
He said prospective couples would be required to apply to the State
Governor through the Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation.
Such applications, he said, must be accompanied by information on the
venue of the ceremony, names, addresses, and phone numbers of attendees
to make contact tracing easy if the need arises.
He stated that henceforth, those seeking to bury their loved ones would
also be expected to include names, addresses, and phone numbers of
those to attend such funerals in their applications.
Pastor Nsirim said the government would not grant approval to any
application without names, addresses, and phone numbers.
The Information Commissioner said marriages would not have more than 50
attendees including family members who must wear face masks and adhere
strictly to the social distancing of not less than two meters.
According to him, while church weddings must be conducted between 9 am
and 12noon, traditional marriages would be conducted between 4 pm and 7
pm.
The Commissioner said venues of marriages must have provisions for
running water and soap at three points and the venue decontaminated
after the event.
Pastor Nsirim said after wedding receptions are prohibited under the
guidelines to reduce the risk of community transmission of COVID-19.
He added that violators of the guidelines would be made to pay a fine of
10 million Naira.