RSG Restates Commitment To Protect Lives, Property

The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyseom Wike has reiterated the commitment of the Rivers State Government to the partnership with security agencies to foster the protection of lives and property of persons living in the state.
Speaking during a courtesy call, last Friday, by the Chief of Defence Staff, represented by the Director of Civil/Military Operations, Defense Headquarters, Abuja, Commander J. A. Pinder while on mission Exercise Brain Gain 2 campaign, the governor acknowledged the improved security in the state because of the joint corporation of the security heads with the government.
Wike, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, said, the Exercise Brain Gain 2 campaign was also a welcome development to encourage Rivers youths enrol in the Nigerian Army.
‘Many people do not know how to enrol in the Army or aware that the defence college can now be accessed like any university during JAMB registration’, he said.
He encouraged Rivers youths to take advantage of the Brain Gain sensitization campaign as students can now indicate interest in the Nigerian Defence Academy in JAMB registration like they would any other university.
According to Pinder, the Brain Gain Campaign was implemented to attract students of SS3 into the academy and discuss issues on prospects in the military, recruitment process into the armed forces, conditions of service and benefits of a military career.
The campaign team is to visit three schools – Birabi Memorial Grammar School, Bori; Community Secondary School, Eneka; and Nyemoni Grammar School, Abonnema – across the state’s senatorial zones and UNIPORT.
Meanwhile, the state government has kick-started preparations to host a 2020 Armed Forces Memorial Day.