‘Wike’s Administration Committed To Tackling Poverty, Insecurity’

The Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Chief Kenneth Kobani, has stated that the Governor Wike’s administration is committed to tackling poverty and insecurity in the state.
Kobani who represented Governor Wike at a thanksgiving ceremony in honour of Ma Patience Tam-George, mother of the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Dr. Austin Tam-George at George Ama Community in Okrika Local Government Area, reiterated the zero tolerance of the present administration to criminality.
He said, the government has given an olive branch to criminals and cultists in the state through the ongoing Amnesty programme, and called on those involved in criminal activities to embrace the Amnesty offer or face the wrath of the law.
He regretted the harrowing experience to which Ma Tam-George was subjected to in the hands of her abductors and thanked God for her rescue.
Kobani also assured that the Governor will continue to deliver quality service to the people of the state despite the paucity of available resources.
In his homily, centred on the theme, ‘True Thanksgiving’, Ven. Previous P. Nyanabiobi, thanked God for saving the life of Ma Tam-George and described her rescue as miraculous. He said true thanksgiving goes with a ‘contrite and repentant heart’ as God does not look on the surface but see through the hearts of men.
He admonished the occupants of public offices to rule with the fear of God and not to mortgage the future of the younger generation.
In his remarks, the Hon. Commissioner for Information and Communications, Dr. Austin Tam-George, thanked God for the life of her mother. Dr. Tam-George, who described the abduction of her mother as traumatising said her miraculous rescue from the kidnappers’ den was a manifestation of God’s glory in the life of the Tam-George’s family. He called on the youth in the state to shun crime and embrace the vistas of opportunities offered by the Wike administration to improve their lives.
Speaking on behalf of the George Ama Community, the head of the Dokubo War Canoe House, Chief (Barr) Akuro George, said the community was happy over the life of Ma Tam-George.
Recounting her ordeal, the celebrant, Ma Tam-George described her experience in the hands of her abductors as painful and called on the youth to shun crime and embrace peace to make their lives meaningful. The event was attended by Commissioners, Special Advisers, and other top government functionaries.

Taneh Beemene