Rivers
RSG Plans ICT For Civil Servants

Plans are underway by the Rivers State Government to ensure that all civil servants in the state are Information and Communication Technology (ICT) compliant.
Consequently, the government has launched a process to link 20 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to the State Integrated Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS) by January, 2018.
The State Accountant- General, Sir Dagogo Abere, said this at a workshop on the State Integrated Financial Management Information System (SIFMIS) for Permanent Secretaries organised by the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the State Employment and Expenditure For Results (SEEFOR) project in Port Harcourt.
Abere, who was represented by Sir Cyril Amaewhule, said that the State Integrated Financial Management Information System was to ensure efficiency of public expenditure system.
He said that the system would ensure greater accountability, reliability, improve the budgeting and planning process as well as eliminate poor management of transactions and documentation.
Also speaking, the state Head of Service, Mr. Rufus Godwins, said that the implementation of the system would help improve communication among the various departments of government.
The Head of Service, who was represented by Sir. Nnamdi Okpo, said that the state looks forward to a time when the various offices of the government would work together to check issues of ghost workers and fraud in the system. On his part, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Sir Alawari Ndu, said that the World Bank was interested in seeing the state improve in its revenue generation. He said that for this objective to be achieved, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) must be introduced to drive the process. Ndu told the permanent secretaries to see their roles as Chief Accounting Officers of their various ministries, adding that it was their place to implement the programme in their ministries.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.