Wike, Best Civilian Gov In Rivers, Awuse Insists …Urges The Tide To Go Daily

Impressed by what he described as the overwhelming, enviable, and gargantuan achievements of Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike since he assured office, elder statesman and foremost traditional ruler in the state, Eze Sergeant Chidi Awuse, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, slammed the governor’s critics for what he described as their short-circuited perception of governance, insisting that Wike remains the best governor in the political history of the state.
Awuse told Rivers State Newspaper Corporation’s management, led by its General Manager, Chief Ernest Chinwo, on a courtesy visit, that Wike’s enviable records on the credit side of his balance sheet have confounded his critics, and left them gropping for lame excuses to malign him just to gain cheap political capital.
Describing Wike as a dependable ally, great visionary and promise keeper, the paramount ruler of Emohua Kingdom, said the governor has left his footprints on unchippable stones, having won national and international acclaim for his uncommon strides in governance.
He said Wike has acquitted himself creditably in the discharge of his electoral mandate to the people so much so that he has become a toast of cynics and highly perceptible segments of the opposition in the country.
The first class monarch canvassed the support, cooperation and understanding of people of the state in Wike’s unrelenting efforts at delivering democratic dividends to the state, and indeed, the nation, and said that the entire people of Emohua were 100 percent loyal to the governor because they believed in his vision for the state.
Awuse, who poured encomiums on The Tide newspaper for its resilience and for staying afloat in the rather mucky waters of newspapering in Nigeria where many other state-owned newspapers had drowned, commended The Tide’s management and staff for sustaining the vision of its founding fathers.
He recalled with nostalgia, how The Tide, the defunct Nigerian Star, and the now rested Evening View which he published many years ago, were the must-read of Rivers people at the time, but expressed joy that more than 50 years after, The Tide was still waxing stronger.
The monarch said there was no reason why the newspaper should not be supported by every Rivers man and woman to overcome the challenges facing it, saying that if The Tide goes daily, it would better serve the interest of the government and people of the state, and assured his total support to ensure that the newspaper thrives.
Earlier, the General Manager, RSNC, Chief Ernest Chinwo, congratulated the eminent monarch on his ascension to the highly revered throne of Nne-New Eli Emohua XIII and his subsequent recognition by the state government as the Olo IV.
Chinwo, who highlighted the newspaper’s activities and challenges, assured the Ohna and the good people of Rivers State that The Tide, having come this far, would not ebb but would continue to flow, given the support it has received over the years and was still receiving from the reading public.
Present at the courtesy visit were former chief of staff and one-time commissioner for transport in the state, Chief Emeh Glory Emeh; retired High Court Judge, Justice Chinonye Uriri; Acting Vice Chancellor, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Prof Okey Onuchukwu; Provost, College of Medical Sciences, Rivers State University, Prof. Chituru Orluwene;Chief Emma Okogbule; and Chief Sampson Ozune.
Others also include Ohna Emohua-in-Council led by Ohna Agbakor Onu Ndata, Eleru-Urie, Emohua Council of Chiefs led by Dr Richard Igbudu; and the youth body led by Mr Wisdom Stephen; among others.

By: Victor Tew & Jacob Obinna