… Seeks Teachers, Traders,Transporters’ Support

The Rivers State Government has intensified public awareness campaign to buy into the support of residents and people doing business in the state to ensure that no case of Coronavirus is recorded in any community in the state.
To this end, the 5-man Rivers State Government Committee on Coronavirus Enlightenment under the Chairmanship of the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, will today hold meetings with relevant stakeholders, including school principals, headmasters/head-teachers, teachers and proprietors of both private and public schools in the state with a view to eliciting their cooperation.
The committee will also interact with leaders of traders’ associations, executive officers of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and other transport unions in the state today to mobilise support for the government’s effort to prevent any case of the virus in the state.
Both meetings will take place at the Ministry of Justice auditorium at 10am and 1pm, respectively.
The Tide reports that the committee had last Friday met with leaders of Community Development Committees (CDCs) and religious and media stakeholders, yesterday, with large turnout of representatives of affected interest groups.
According to the schedule of the enlightenment campaign made available to The Tide, the committee will also interface with the rank and file as well as commanders of the military, paramilitary, police and other security agencies in the state on Thursday, March 19, 2020 by 10am.
That meeting will be followed with another session to be attended by leaders of the International Oil Companies (IOCs), oil and gas servicing companies and related operators in the oil and gas industry in the state by 1pm; just as another breakout session will be held with members and leaders of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) by 3pm the same day.

Susan Serekara-Nwikhana