RSG Restates Fight Against Criminality In Rivers

The Rivers State Government says it is working concertedly with security agencies to tackle cases of kidnapping, cult-related violence and other forms of criminality perpetrated in various communities in the state.
The state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike stated this, yesterday during the dedication of the re-modelled Banham Methodist Cathedral, Port Harcourt, enthronement of Most Rev. Sunday Agwu as the Archbishop of Port Harcourt, and the presentation of Elder Adindu Steve Ogamba as Diocesan Lay President of Port Harcourt.
Wike, who was represented at the occasion by his Deputy, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, said the efforts of government are beginning to yield positive results as incessant kidnapping and cultism would soon be a thing of the past.
He assured of his administration’s readiness to partner the church in providing physical and spiritual needs to the people, especially as the state and the Wike-led administration had been dedicated to God to direct its affairs.
The state chief executive, thanked the Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, for the prayer offered for the present administration last year, stressing that the prayer points came to manifestation through the grace of God with the favourable verdict delivered by the Supreme Court on January 27.
Wike congratulated the new Archbishop of Port Harcourt on his enthronement, completion of the re-modelled cathedral, and condoled with the church and families of the two bishops that died in an auto crash, and pray for the peaceful repose of their souls.
Also speaking, the Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Kanu Uche, said political leaders should be magnanimous in victory, pointing out that what happened in Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Rivers states remains a lesson for all to learn from.
Uche remarked that God is the one that puts people into positions of authority and whatever He ordains, no man can change, and enjoined the Rivers State Government to work with the church in its drive to deliver dividends of democracy to the people of Rivers State.
In his sermon tagged, ”Building According to Pattern”, Archbishop of Port Harcourt, Most Rev. Sunday Agwu, urged Christians to love one another, render selfless service, shun tribalism, gossip and enmity to attract the grace of God upon their lives.
The Archbishop of Port Harcourt, advised the state government to address the traffic situation in Port Harcourt by decongesting the city to enhance business activities and check waste of man hours in traffic bottle neck.
Most Rev. Agwu also called on the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), to do something about quality assurance in construction as the numerous incidents of building collapse has created a negative impression on its members.