LG Boss Gets Brigade’s Induction, Donates To Group

The Chairman of Okrika Local Government Area, Hon Akuro Tobin, has been inducted into the Boys’ Brigade Nigeria as the Grand Patron of the Okrika Battalion Council, of the State Council.
In a church service at All Saints Anglican Church, Okochiri Kingdom, the Rivers State Council of the Boys’ Brigade led by the State President, Prof. Blessing Chimezie Didia represented by its Vice Chairman (Ceremonial Affairs), Barr. Golden Tamuno and the State Secretary/Organizer, Mr Ebim Chukwudi pronounced Hon. Tobin as Grand Patron of the Okrika Battalion Council.
According to Mr. Chukwudi, this investiture was due to the Chairman’s performance in various endeavors and his passion for service to humanity.
The State Secretary/ Organiser also announced that this investiture was the first of its kind in Okrika LGA and the current dispensation of Local Government Leadership across the State.
Hon. Tobin in his response appreciated God Almighty and the Boys’ Brigade Nigeria, Okrika Battalion Council for finding him worthy for such honour and decoration as Grand Patron.
“As a person, I have never run away from any responsibility because I fear nothing, even when I was not a Local Government Chairman, I had so many commitments and have never shied away from any of them,”the chairman said.
To discharge his first responsibility as Grand Patron, he donated an 18 seater Toyota Hiace bus and the sum of 500,000 naira for the Okrika Battalion Council of the Boys’ Brigade for effective service delivery.
He used the medium to reaffirm his undiluted passion for effective and robust service delivery to the people of Okrika, saying, that what his administration has begun is just the tip of the iceberg to what he intends to achieve before his tenure in office elapses.
Others who joined in the investiture of the Chairman were the Chairman of Rivers State Patrons Fellowship – Chief Polycarp Ndouteng, Mr. Matthew Tamuno Osika, member of Board of Trustees, Boys Brigade Nigeria, Mr. Kingsley Ibanichuka, National PRO, Sir Iyoyo Fiberesima, Chairman, Okrika Battalion Council.