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Greater Port Harcourt Mega City Set For Branding
The Rivers State Government has signed a contract with a South-African Company called “Black”, on the branding of Greater Port Harcourt and Rivers State.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Dr Godwin Mpi disclosed this recently while charting with newsmen in his office.
Dr Mpi, who signed the contract on behalf of the State Government, said the branding is in line with the on-going Greater Port Harcourt Mega city project of the Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi-led government.
He said the aim is to package the Mega city and make it an investors’ haven as well as a world centre for tourism, second to none in Africa.
Speaking to newsmen after the signing the contract, the Director of the Company, Sizakele Marutlelle, commended the Federal Government of Nigeria on the on-going Re-Branding programme, and clarified that it was different from the Branding project of Port Harcourt Mega City.
According to him, in Re-branding, “there was a brand that was created of Nigeria which is now being re-visited or re-defined, while ‘Branding’ is building something new that will reflect the aspirations of people of Rivers State”.
Marutlelle said the project would create impact on the people individually and collectively in the area of Tourism and improve the image of the State.
She explained that at the end of the project, the State would have been put on the right track that would make it a destination of choice for Investors and Tourists.
Marutlelle continued that the project would involve constant interaction with the rural dwellers, to appreciate their perception, their needs and aspirations, so as to incorporate these perspectives in the project.
She thus called on Rivers people to get involved in the project expected to give the state an acceptable image within and outside the country.

General Manager, Rivers State Newspaper Corporation, Mr Celestine Ogolo (right) in a warn handshake with the president, 2009/2010 Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, Rotn. Felix Ideriah, during a visit by the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt to the Corporation, yesterday. Photo: Egberi A. Sampson
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.
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