Rivers State Governor,
Barrister Nyesom Wike, has been lauded over plans to develop three additional cities in the state.
A real estate agent, Mr Geo-Wome, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday.
He said the plans to have additional three cities would improve the economic situation of the state.
Wome maintained that the state was overdue for another city, saying that the one city status was now old fashioned.
According to him, any focused government would aim at developing the state and not worthless spending in the guise of empowerment.
He said that Rivers people have suffered the one city state status since its creation, while calling for a law that will back the governor’s pronouncement.
To sustain the cities when created, he suggested that the ministries of agriculture, culture/ tourism and that of Energy and natural resources should relocate from the state secretariat and move to the cities.
Wome reasoned that the ministry of agriculture ought to be given an opportunity to demonstrate its potentials outside the state capital.
The estate agent, who is also a school teacher, said the quest to have food security must be put to test by the government.
Another aim, he said, should be that of employment, adding that young people must be meaningfully engaged in a bid to fight criminality.
He regretted that past administrations in the state never thought in such direction.
It would be recalled that the governor, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, recently, announced the creation of three additional cities in Isiokpo, Ikwerre local government, Degema and Khana (Bori) in an attempt to permanently give the state a face lift.