RSG Donates 50 Vehicles To Security Agencies

Intense political campaigns did not dull activities in
Government House Port Harcourt, last  week Almost all officials of government were joggling last minute campaign with governance, including Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who shared most of his time between APC door-to-door campaign and state programmes.
On Monday,  last week, the governor swore-in two commissioners to fill in vacant positions in the State cabinet. Both Isoboye Jack and Engr. ThankGod Ode are to replace former commissioners Dr.  Tammy Danagogo and Marshall  Uwom who resigned last year from the Ministries of Urban  Planning and Housing, respectively.
The governor charged the new commissioners to restore sanity in the building environment.
“Let  me congratulate you on your new appointment and to say that our urban  development policy must be improved upon. You expected to assert  law and order to regulate indiscriminate building of illegal structures and dumping of refuse in our environment”, he said.
Shortly after the swearing-in of the commissioners, Governor Amaechi inaugurated the reconstituted Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy chaired by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Nwogu Boms.
Members of the committee include, WS.  Pepple, Dr. Jonah Hart, Venerable  Jolly Ndubuisi, Barrister Chinemenem  Jerome, Mrs. Gloria Atako, and Prof. Amakievi Gabriel.
Later on, the governor addressed pressmen in the State over the activities of Nigeria Police and opposition party,  the Peoples Democratic Party to arrest and detain its members on trumped-up charges.
According to  Governor Amaechi, over 400 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are either under the watchlist of police or arrested  while others have been killed in controversial circumstances.
The governor said  the development has put the police  under a compromising stance.
“I have no confidence in Nigeria  Police, where the wife of the President posts police commissioner in River State”, he stated.
He challenged the police to live up to their billing as the protector of the citizenry, arguing that the  current picture indicates  that the APC is now contending with the police and the PDP  together in the upcoming polls.
“If the police is removed from the ballot, we will accept  the results”, he said.
Last Thursday, local government chairmen under the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) led a protest to the State  Police Headquarters over the  incessant arrests and harassments of its members in the state.
On the same day, Governor Amaechi through the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. George Feyii, donated 50 security patrol vehicles to security agencies in the State to boost security during and after the elections.
On Friday, Governor Amaechi was in the State to participate  in a door-to-door campaign in Ikwerre Local Government Area. He challenged people from the area on the need to change the current  federal government  through  their  votes, in  order to enjoy stable  and corrupt-free government.
On Saturday, Governor Amaechi attended  the convocation ceremony of the state University of Science and Technology. He said the  administration is part of the success  story of the university, as he urged students  to come out  on 28th March and vote for change. About 5,600 convocated at the ceremony.