Gov. wike receives commendation from -ANEC

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State penultimate week received commendations for the level of security and infrastructural development in the state from the Nigerian editors who gathered in Port Harcourt for four days for the12th All Nigerian Editors Conference (ANEC) 2016.

For the over 300 frontline editors from all mainstream and online media organisations across Nigeria, they could not believe that despite the series of attacks on the state government, massive developments were going on in the state and people were at peace with themselves.

The editors' stay in Port Harcourt, their tours of projects and the expressions of the faces of everyone they came across in some parts of the state they visited left them with one impression: Rivers is safe contrary to the impression by members of the opposition political party.

The four-day conference afforded the ultimate gate-keepers the opportunity to see the reality of the creation of a new state. They saw for themselves the unfolding development of an amazing state where the resources of the people work for them.

"Based on careful observation of the state of affairs in Rivers State, the Guild commended the government and people of the state for the level of security and infrastructural development as well as for the steps being taken to promote agriculture in the state," the editors stated as part of the communiqué they issued at the end of their stay in the Garden City.Wike used the opportunity to showcase all that he had done in the last 14 months for which other eminent Nigerians such as the outgoing President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN), former Senate President David Mark, PDP National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, he had previously received commended him on.

The governor's tour of projects with the editors was basically aimed erasing the negative impression sold to a majority of them that nothing was happening in the state and that it was a no-go-area and put in them a perception of the development process in the state. After the tour, the editors were pleasantly surprised at the level of projects delivery in the state and the quality of work done so far by the state government in the last 14 months.

The editors were happy with the governor for his impressive performance which most of them declared must be sustained to further advance the living condition of the people of the state.

The tour of projects led the editors to 24 project sites spread across seven local government areas of the state namely Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor, Ikwerre, Eleme, Khana, Gokana and Etche Local Government Areas. And to achieve maximum exposure of the selected projects, the tour was divided into two teams; Wike led a team, while the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Emma Okah led the second team. The list of the projects visited include: Law Centre, Civic Centre, Federal High Court being constructed by the Rivers State Government, Garrison-Akpajo-East West Road, Second Nkpogu Bridge, Dr. Peter Odili Road, Abuluoma-Woji Road, Woji-Akpajo Road, Elelenwo-Akpajo Road, Sakpenwa-Bori Road, Rumukwurusi-Eneka Road, Igwuruta-Okehi Road, Rukpokwu-Eneka and Oroigwe Road.