Lawmaker Makes Case For Proposed University Community

A member representing Obio/Akpor constituency II in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Anthony Okeah has called on management of the proposed University of Education  former (COE) to integrate the Rumuolumeni community into its development agenda

Hon Okeah stated this at the weekend during an interactive session with Assembly correspondent shortly after in bill to upgrade the state college of Education to a full fledge university was passed into law.

He expressed delight that the state college of education has been elevated to a university institution, adding that he  was optimistic that the institution would live up to the people’s expectation.

The lawmaker also  urged the House committee chairman on works urged the school authority to consider the people for employment opportunities noting that the community has never had its fair deal in the institution employment programmes.

He stated that the state employment law stipulated that any company operating in a particular city in the state should employ its junior staff of 0-6 from host communities regretting that the community have not been given such consideration in the past by the university.

The people should fully be integrated by the college, we should be given employment chances in exchange of the vast land we have donated to the institution”, he averred.

The House committee chairman on works assured that the existed between the community and the institution , including other companies operating in the area would be sustained.

According to him, the community was always noted for its hospitality and tolerance disposition, adding that the Rumuolumeni people would continue to live peacefully with their neighbours and visitors at large.

The lawmaker opined that the people were happy with Governor Amaechi’s development strides in the state and assured him of their continued support to his administration at all times.

He called on the people of his constitueny to remain law abiding assuring that the bad state of the Rumuolumeni road would soon be a thing of the past, adding that the state government has commenced the repair work on the road alongside other roads in the state.