Rivers State
Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike has charged newly sworn-in commissioners and
secretary to the State Government on service delivery and to treat everybody
equally irrespective of party or ethnic affiliation.
Wike gave the charge
on Friday shortly after swearing-in the Secretary to the State Government, four
Commissioners, Chief of Staff and Special Adviser on Media and publicity in
Government House Port Harcourt.
The governor warned
them not to see their appointment as patronage but to serve Rivers people in
honesty and purpose.
He told the new
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Emmanuel Aguma, “We don’t want
you to be an Attorney-General that will not give good advice to the governor
and deputy governor.
We don’t want you to be the Attorney-General that will
ensure that the court are closed. We don’t want you to be the Attorney-General
that will go outside the state to be looking for court injunctions, but rather
an Attorney-General that will bring justice to Rivers State”.
Wike said he has no
doubt that the new commissioner for Justice is capable of delivering on his
mandate while congratulating him.
To the new Chief of
Staff, Emeka Woke, an Engineer, the governor counseled him to run an open
policy, where every Rivers citizen and non-indigenes will have access to
government, warning that “you are not only a Chief of Staff to PDP but you are
a Chief of Staff to anybody that has come to the state to carry out one
business or the other. The office is a very key office”.
The governor reiterated
that he would not hesitate to disengage any appointee who fails on his duty or
displays divisive character.
To the new
commissioners for Finance Fred Kpakol and his counterparts for Agriculture
Onimim Jack, Governor Wike expressed hope that they will bring their expertise
to bear in their new positions.
To the Commissioner
for Finance, he said, he should administer the state’s purse with discipline,
while urging that of Agriculture to do her best in the position.
Wike said the
administration is taking its time to select the best brains to head the various
ministries and therefore assure that he will always consult leaders and opinion
moulders on the best way to administer the state.
The new
Commissioners include, Fred Kpakol, for Finance, Emma Aguma for Justice and
Attorney-General of the state, Onimi Jacks is to serve in Agriculture Ministry
while Emma Okah is to man the Housing Ministry.
Others are Chief
Kenneth Kobani who is the Secretary to the State Government and Opunabo
Inko-Tariah is to serve as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
Meanwhile, Special
Adviser to the Rivers State Governor on Media and Publicity, Opunabo
Inko-Tariah has pledged to ensure a robust relationship between media
practitioners and the state government. “For sure I don’t think anybody will
impugn on that. My job is to project and protect the governor and that is what
I will do”.
On his part, new
Commissioner for Housing, Emma Okah said he would evolve a new housing policy
in line with the new Rivers vision, while explaining that housing remain key to
the Wike administration.
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