Commissioner Charges Staff On Commitment

The newly appointed Rivers State Commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Dr. Reason Onya has enjoined management staff of the Ministry of Urban Development and Physical Planning to show commitment in the discharge of their duties.
Dr. Onya gave the charge yesterday on assumption of office as the new Commissioner in Port Harcourt.
The Commissioner said he believes that “what needs to be done should be done well” in line with the vision of the State Governor, Chief NyesomWike. According to him, the Ministry must live up to its constitutional responsibility as encapsulated in the Rivers State Town Planning Law No. 2003, Rivers State Official Gazette No. 1, Vol. 48 of 2012, Rivers State Waste Management Agency Law No. 2 of 2014, National Building Code and other extant regulations on town planning in accordance with the Governor’s vision.
He posited that with the cooperation of all the staff and other stakeholders, he was convinced that the Ministry would record tremendous improvement that would be in line with the Governor’s vision of bringing back Port Harcourt to what it used to be that made it to be called “Garden City”.
While being conducted round the offices in the Ministry by the Permanent Secretary, the Commissioner observed dilapidated buildings and furniture and said that there was need for renovation of the buildings and replacement/repairs of some of the furniture.
He stressed that he would ensure that the Ministry’s right is restored.
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, ESV Dirokweni Joseph Amiofori, on behalf of the staff welcomed the new Commissioner and expressed gratitude to God and to the Governor for his magnanimity to send a Commissioner to the Ministry, stressing that by this appointment, the Ministry would properly reposition itself and restore the state as number one business and tourist destination in the country.
The Permanent Secretary, who decried the activities of touts, illegal developers and lack of technical staff, assured the Commissioner of team work in order to achieve the goals set for the Ministry.
The Tide recalls that before his appointment, Dr. Onya was a lecturer with the Igbinedion University, Okada and a member of the Governing Council of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.