RSG Leads In Military Personnel Welfare

Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi  has described the state as a trail blazer in the provision of accommodation and other welfare packages to military personnel serving in the state.

Governor Amaechi said this yesterday during the ground breaking ceremony for the UPDC Vintage Gardens, a proposed residential development, at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Estate in Port Harcourt.

The State Chief Executive, represented by his Deputy, Engr. Tele Ikuru, observed that “shelter, the primary need of man, is at the heart of welfare initiatives being provided by his administration for servicemen and women who put their lives on the line to ensure that the rest of us are safe,” noting that while soldiers are being killed in other States, Rivers State is providing them with shelter”

Governor Amaechi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors ’Forum (NGF) condemned the senseless killing of soldiers in some parts of the country and commended the Nigerian Air Force Foundation (NAFF), the United Africa Company of Nigeria (UACN), and its subsidiary UACN Development Company (UPDC) for embarking on the project.

He thanked NAF and other security agencies for their efforts at restoring peace in the state, adding         that the State would not forget in a hurry the part NAF played in resolving its security crisis,

Earlier in his welcome address, Chairman of UACN, Mr. Larry Ettah, thanked the State Government and NAF for providing the enabling environment for the project to take-off, stating that the project is the first of its kind to be undertaken by UPDC in the Eastern part of the country.

In their separate speeches, Group Managing Director of NAFF, Air Vice Marshal Walter Ogujiofor, and Managing Director of UACN Property Development Company (UPDC) Plc, Mr. Hakeem Ogunniran, lauded the State Government for partnering with different organizations to deliver people-oriented projects, assuring that the project billed to begin in two weeks time would be completed within 18 months.