Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration fought like gallant soldiers, hatching the enemies’ plans to halt governance in the state.
The governor also said that his administration does not have any intention or plan to inflict pain on Rivers people. He said that he would rather continue to fight and protect the state from enemies who hatch plans and schemes daily to create chaos and unending disaffection among the people.
Fubara, who spoke, yesterday, at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Port Harcourt during the Emblem Appeal Fund launching, preparatory to the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration on January 15, 2025, emphasised how mutual and healthy cooperation had been maintained with the security agencies to guarantee the prevailing peace in the state.
He also said that while the employment of 10,000 persons into the state civil service was cancelled, 2,000 professionals had been enmployed in the health sector, with 1,000 employment slots reviewed upward for the Universal Basic Education and Post-Primary Schools.
The governor also said that while scholarships had been awarded to Rivers State youths at PAMO University of Medical Sciences and Wigwe University, the N85,000 new minimum wage had been implemented for civil servants in the state.
Fubara, who recalled the excitement the family usually feels when, as children of a military officer, they see their mother return from such events because she was a widow, said no amount of money donated would be enough to commensurate the services rendered by war veterans that ensured the protection of the country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity among the people.
He told Legionnaires in the state that the promised 50 slots of employment are still available, awaiting when the embargo on general employment into the state civil service will be lifted.
He, however, urged them to inject part of the money realised from the launching into the scholarship scheme that they have floated to cater for the children’s welfare in tertiary institutions.
The governor launched the emblem with N40 million on behalf of the Rivers State Government.