RSG Plans Shore Protection For Bille

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike on Monday put smiles on the faces of Chiefs, leaders and people of Bille kingdom in Degema Local Government  following promise of constructing a shore protection, completing abandoned model school and health centre and to consider elevating their chieftaincy stool.
Though he said the shore protection project will be included in next year’s budget since it’s capital intensive, he however assured that the abandoned health centre and model school will be completed within the year, including relief materials sent to them over a recent flood that ravaged the riverine community.
The  Bille Kingdom Chiefs Council and community leaders paid a courtesy call on the governor  at Government House, Port Harcourt decrying long years of marginalisation and neglect.
Governor Wike assured them that he will look into their requests as his administration is poised to give all communities a sense of belonging.
He described Bille Shore Protection as vital to the sustenance  of  Bille Town, noting that it will be executed  in phases.
The governor said: “We shall  complete the abandoned Primary Healthcare Centre and Model Primary School in Bille. These are projects  that we shall tackle immediately”.
He said that the State Government is constructing  the Bonny/ Bille/ Nembe Jetty in line with approved specifications, assuring  the Bille Kingdom  that their interest in  the  project  will be protected.
On the request for appointments for indigenes of Bille  by the leaders of Bille Kingdom, Chief Wike said that he will address the issue .  He decried the marginalisation  of minority  communities, which he said his administration is already addressing.
Earlier, the Amanyanabo of Bille Kingdom, Chief Ibitamino Minapaka  (Opu Angula XVII) in an address  read on his behalf  by Barrister Iyalla Igani lauded the governor  for  the construction of the Bille/ Bonny/Nembe  Jetty  which he said will create safe and secure  marine transport  to the kingdom.
He appealed  to  the  governor to complete the Primary Healthcare Centre and Model Primary School  in Bille Kingdom abandoned by the immediate past APC administration.
The Amanyanabo of Bille  Kingdom  condemned  the  withdrawal of the governor’s police details and the sack of six policemen  attached  to  his convoy by the Inspector-General of Police.
The Bille Kingdom representative observed that so far, the developmental projects executed by the governor are in line with the yearning of the people and so far the governor has displayed resourcefulness in managing the state resources.
They further remarked, “ Your Excellency, we are indeed, elated with you. In less than two years on assumption of office, you have done two significant things that touched us as a community”.
Among them are the government intervention in the recent flooding, the ongoing construction work on Bonny/   Bille Jetty.