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Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
As part of moves to clean up Port Harcourt, Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, says he would hold a meeting with traders at the Creek Road Market and other markets in Port Harcourt to stop them from trading on the roads. Governor Amaechi said this yesterday at an Interdenominational Church Service, marking [...]
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has faulted plans by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), to engage in the importation of petroleum products into the country. Speaking while commissioning NUPENG’s South-South zonal office complex in Port Harcourt, Governor Amaechi said the union should rather demand for the removal of [...]
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), has so far released the results of the just-concluded chairmanship and councillorship elections in four local government areas with the People4s Democratic Party (PDP) winning all the positions In Ahoada West, PDP won the chairmanship seat and councillorship seats in all the 12 wards of the council. The [...]
Following the recent permission granted states by the Federal Government to generate, transmit and distribute power within their areas of jurisdiction, Rivers State Government has inaugurated a seven-member Electricity Power Distribution Committee to work out modalities for self sustenance in electricity supply in the state. The seven-man committee, headed by the Shell Petroleum Development Company [...]
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has called on local government council chairmen in the state to adopt a proactive method in rural administration with a bottom-top approach to ensure that benefits of democracy get to the grassroots. Governor Amaechi, who was speaking to newsmen shortly after casting his ballot during last Saturday [...]
Barely five years after the former subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL) was privatised by the Federal Government, the now privately managed Indorama/EPCL has overcome the mountain of debt overhang, management and technical challenges, and shot itself up as a sound and solvent company. This outstanding performance and [...]
Member of the House of Representatives for Degema/Bonny Federal Consistency, Hon Sokonte Davies, has stressed the need for the amendment of the House rules to enable bills pending in the House to be passed with ease before the present Assembly runs its course. Hon Davies who made the suggestion in an interview with The Tide [...]
Vice President Namadi Sambo, has called on newly elected and returning governors to remain faithful to their campaign promises by serving the people diligently. He made the call in Abuja at the weekend at a forum, organised by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to mark the end of a three-day symposium/induction programme. “As we all [...]
The Minister of Labour and Productivity has received the report of the Technical Work Group (TWG) on Casualisation and Contract Staffing in the Oil and Gas Sector. The technical group was inaugurated on August 13, 2010, to look into the unsatisfactory work conditions of contract staff in the sector. It was charged with the responsibility [...]
The member-elect, House of Representatives, Prince Ogbonna Nwuke, has described the order of the House restricting one-term members from seeking principal offices as dubious and unhealthy for competition among legislators. Speaking in an interview with The Tide at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Prince Nwuke said that the rule was a self-protectionist regulation and [...]
