Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Governor Nyesom Wike
The Rivers State Executive Council has directed the State Road Maintenance Agency to sustain the successes recorded in the rehabilitation of 16 major roads in the state.
An Emergency State Executive Council Meeting Presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on return from unannounced short overseas trip on Sunday night critically examined all the roads already rehabilitated by the State Maintenance Agency, reaching a decision that the agency has applied state resources judiciously.
Addressing journalists after the Executive Council meeting, State Information and Communication Commissioner, Dr Austin Tam-George noted that the State Executive Council resolved that all efforts must be geared towards ensuring that the Rivers people get value for money expended.
He added that Governor Wike emphasised on the need for the agency to continue on the path of service by putting an end to bad roads in the state.
The State Executive Council also announced a 10-member committee to coordinate the one year accountability report of the Governor Wike administration with the directive that they are to produce relevant documentation backed by videos and pictorials of the state government’s interventions to revive the state.
He said the accountability documentation would be done on a sector to sector basis, because the people of the state are entitled to know know how the government they put in place is fairing.
“The emergency state Executive Council meeting was targeted at strengthening good governance, accountability and enhancing the performance capacity of the administration “, he said.
Wike took oath of office as the executive Governor of Rivers State May last year after his former boss and now Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi left office as Governor after Eight years.
