Amaechi Tasks Education Boards On Transformation

Last week in Government House, activities started
on  an inaugurative note.  First was the inauguration of three state-owned tertiary institutions boards – University of  Education, Rivers State College of Health Science and Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori.
The new board was inaugurated by Governor Chibuike Amaechi represented by the secretary to the State Government, Mr George Feyii.
The governor charged members of the new board to be focused saying that it is your responsibility to produce up to standard and quality so that they can compete comparatively. Amaechi also stressed the need for the board members to rise to the challenge of transforming their institutions.
Further more, he charged them to ensure that the vision the State government in education, in ensuring that the people that come out of there meet the requirement in character and learning.”
Chairman of the new Governing Board of University of Education, Dr Aaron Ikuru responded unbehalf  of other members and assured that they will not fail in their new task of driving the vision of the state government to use quality education to transform the state.
On Tuesday last week,  the governor inaugurated members of the different committee ahead of the mega rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to be held at the new stadium in the Greater Port Harcourt City, Omagwa.
Represented by his deputy, Engr Tele Ikuru, Governor Amaechi charged members of the different rally committees to ensure that the goal of the rally was achieved to showcase that the APC does not only exist on billboard, but on the mind of Rivers people.
On the same Tuesday, presidential hopeful and former head of state Gen Muhammadu Buhari visited the state and was received by Governor Chibuike Amaechi. Buhari who disclosed his plans to run for the presidency under the APC platform urged party faithful to keep faith and stay united to ensure the ruling party was voted out.
On his part, Governor Amaechi described Buhari as a statesman whose integrity is not in question. He assured the former head of state that he would soon hear from them and wished him well.
On Thursday, Amaechi retuned to the State and took an unscheduled visit to new stadium at the Greater Port Harcourt City. The complex is scheduled to host over 60,000 persons expected at the state APC mega rally on the 25th.
The governor shortly after inspecting the  40,000 capacity stadium told newsmen in an interview that there was no credible candidate in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) contesting for governorship in next years elections. He added that Rivers people need to vote out the PDP, since the quality of candidates are those that rob the state of its resources.
On the proposed APC mega rally, Amaechi said the event which targets 69,000 APC supporters in the state was designed to showcase the popularity of the party in the state and prove that the APC is not a billboard party as widely speculated by the Presidency.
Later in the evening of Thursday, Govenror Amaechi played host to the students of Defence College led by Brigadier Mohammed Aliyu. They were held to a cocktail dinner as part of their state study tour.
On the same evening, the governor also hosted the Best of Nollywood Award. He lauded the actors and other stakeholders in the film industry for their creativity, urging them to use film to fight against bad governance in the country.