RSG Renames RIVPOLY Kenule Saro-Wiwa Poly

Cross section of caretaker nominees at the screening by the Rivers State House of Assembly in Port Harcourt, yesterday

In honour of his monumental achievements and legacies,  the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has renamed the Rivers State Polytechnic in Bori as Kenule  Beeson Saro-wiwa Polytechnic. While announcing the changes yesterday in Port Harcourt, the governor remarked that the memories of  avatars like the late Saro-wiwa, who fought selflessly for the betterment of society and humanity should not be consigned to oblivion, more so, he reasoned, when such personalities are revered beyond the shores of the country.
Signposting the achievements of the late Saro-wiwa, especially as the former sole administrator of Bonny and the first commissioner for education in Rivers State, Wike recalled with nostalgia,  the role of the late Sarowiwa in the Niger Delta struggle that eventually consumed him.
That, the governor  insisted, is one monument that can never be obliterated.
”This literary giant must not be left unsong. He was a known and respected environmental activist whose efforts exposed the marginalisation of the Niger Delta and attracted international attention to the region,” Wike concluded.