Wike Restates Position On Police Reform RSG Sets Up Schools Compliance Teams On Covid-19

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has restated his earlier call for the total reform of the Nigeria Police Force.
Wike was speaking while addressing thousands of Rivers women under the auspices of “Concerned Mothers in Rivers State” who came on #EndSARS protest march to Government House, Port Harcourt, last Monday.
The governor, who spoke through his Deputy, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, said that the state government felt their pains.
He recalled that the state was the first to raise an alarm in 2015 over the negative activities of SARS, but lamented that the Federal Government refused to act.
The governor emphasised that it is only through total reform of the police that the injustice meted to innocent citizens of the country would stop.
“As a government, we feel your pains and this injustice most surely stop.
“To tell you the level of impunity, some SARS officers that were even caught on camera killing people were even promoted.
“I want to thank you for the peaceful way you have conducted yourselves and assure you that we shall work together,” he stated.
Speaking on behalf of the “Concerned Mothers in Rivers State”, Mrs Ivy Davies Etokakpan, said the protest was to lend their voices to the clarion call to end police brutality in the country.
She noted that within the last two weeks, mothers in the state have heard gruesome stories of police brutality on young people.
Also speaking, Nollywood Actress, Hilda Dokubo, said the protest, which was devoid of ethnic, religious and political affiliation, was against the system of governance in the country.
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Government Committee for the Compliance of Covid-19 Protocols has directed schools to set up monitoring teams to sustain current compliance level.
The Chairman of the committee, Amb Desmond Akawor gave the directive shortly after monitoring the compliance level of Covid-19 protocols in some schools.
Akawor appealed to the various school authorities to constitute students and teachers into teams to help the enforcement of Covid-19 protocols internally, and expressed dismay over the danger students are exposed when they are out of the school premises.
He said students are guided to observe the Covid-19 protocols in schools but are faced with a society where many people still live in denial.
The committee visited Holy Rosary Girls Secondary School, Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls School, Trinitate Secondary School, and the Brookstone High School.