No Going Back on Protecting Rivers People's Interest, Says Fubara Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that there is no going on the policies and programmes of his administration towards the protection of interest of Rivers people, especially the youths.
The governor also stated that every effort at achieving development in any society will come to waste if the health of the people is not adequately factored into it.
He said his administration also places as priority youths' development and empowerment, stressing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.
Governor Fubara disclosed this yesterday, when he received the youths of Emohua Local Government Area under the aegis of "Emohua Youths For SIM" on solidarity visit to Government House, Port Harcourt.
Fubara who spoke through the Rivers State Head of Civil Service, Dr. George Nwaeke, said that his administration has put in place modalities that will boost the livelihoods and well-being of Rivers citizens, which youths of Emohua will also benefit when they materialise.
The governor, pointed out that the recently awarded Elele-OmudiagaEgbeda-Ubimini-Ikiri-Omoku Road, the ongoing Emohua-Kalabari
Road, reinstatement of illegally sacked workers of Emohua Local Government Area and the approval for electrification of the area, are part of deliberate measures to open up the area to make life conducive and more meaningful for the people.
According to him, "Everything about the governor is putting the interest of Rivers State first. He is looking at and taking action on those things that we need to do to restart the wheels of progress in Rivers State.
"There are many things the governor has planned and is already doing that will boost the life and welfare of every citizen of Rivers State, but most importantly the youths.
"Growing up, I learnt that Egbeda is one of the biggest communities in the whole of Ikwerre, and it's predominantly an agrarian community. They have food in Egbeda, they have food in Ubimini, they have food in Omudiaga and other natural resources. The whole world is tilting towards agriculture, and this is the way to go.
"The Elele-Umudioga-EgbedaUbimini-Omoku Road, when completed, will open up the area for real development. Your food and everything you produce there will now have value, they will no longer be thrown away. In all these, you the youths are going to be utmost beneficiaries," he said.