PH Executive Order 22 To Restore Garden City Status

As part of measures to reduce the defacing of public structures and places with campaign posters and other signages, the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has signed an Executive Order 22, banning political parties from the use of buildings in residential areas as campaign offices without approval.
According to the order, such approval must come from the Rivers State Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning.
The order, which the governor said would back the enforcement of Rivers State Outdoor Signage and Advertisement Law (RISAA), also banned the posting of bills or posters or any other material in unauthorised places.
Speaking while signing the Executive Order 22 in Port Harcourt, Governor Wike condemned the incessant defacement of expensive public properties, particularly in Port Harcourt through indiscriminate posting of handbills, banners, posters and all sorts of unauthorised materials.
Meanwhile, Commissioner for Information and Communications, Senibo Chris Finebone has explained the rationale behind the order, saying no sane society allows such to happen.
According to him, government prohibits such acts and that what the Wike administration is doing is to invoke those laws and bring them to force.
Against this backdrop, he argued that the opposition and critics are ignorant of the law as government action does not contradict or amount to suppression of opposition, while insisting that everything should be done according to law to restore order and sanity in the urban space.

By: Kevin Nengia