Rivers Council Chairman Marks 100 Days in Office, Support Security Agencies
Barikui Felix- Port Harcourt
As part of efforts to ensure maximum security of lives and property in Gokana local council in Rivers State, the authorities of the area have donated four operational vehicles to the various Commandos of the security agencies operating in the area.
The council’s Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Army, and Federal Road Safety Corps commands benefited from the gesture.
Chairman of Gokana Council, Chief Monday Dumiye, while presenting the security vehicles to the various agencies as part of activities marking his one hundred days in office, noted that the donation was in keeping with his promise of promoting peaceful coexistence in the council area.
He recalled that upon his assumption of office as chairman of the council, he embarked on an assessment of the operational challenges faced by the various security agencies in the area. He was committed to remedying the situation to sustain peace and security of lives and properties in the area.
The council boss assured that his administration will continue to partner with all stakeholders and security agencies to promote peace in the council area.
He said, “Today, we are here to officially flag off our first 100 days in office with the inauguration/handover of security vehicles purchased by my administration for use by the police and other security agencies in Gokana. “This is just the first step, as my administration shall continue to work closely and robustly with the police and other security agencies towards making Gokana a peaceful place to live, work, and invest.”
The council chairman also disclosed that he had procured an electric transformer for the Octopus Unit in the area to enhance their operations, assuring that he would do more to sustain the peace in the area.
Dumiye listed other projects in his first hundred days in office, including restoring electricity in Gokana, building and remodeling several schools, providing solar street lights, and clearing the backlog of council workers’ salaries.
However, he praised the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for his support and for allowing the council chairmen to perform their duties freely.
While inaugurating the project, the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, who was represented by the Area Commander of Bori Area Command, ACP Issa Ali Gumel, expressed delight at the donation and assured that the police would make maximum use of the vehicle to fight crime in the council.
He said, “On behalf of the Command, I therefore express my gratitude to the chairman and the entire people of Gokana LGA for this donation. Be assured that the dividends of your confidence in the police through these donations will be felt in every nook and cranny of the LGA through effective and relentless police patrol as well as quick and uninterrupted responses to any distress calls using the vehicles.”
CP Adepoju noted that the donation serves to reassure the people of the full backing of the police and other security agencies that have also benefitted from the gesture, that their security is a topmost priority to the council chairman and the relevant stakeholders.
In their solidarity speeches, Dr. Friday Beema, Leader of the Simplified Movement in Gokana, Dr. Field Nkor, Secretary of the PDP in Rivers State, and Dr. Gabriel Pidomson, former secretary to the Rivers State Government, commended the council chairmen for his efforts to ensure that lives are protected in Gokana and for the numerous projects he has embarked upon within just three months of taking office.
Some of the projects embarked upon by the chairman are the renovation/remodeling of Community Primary School 4, Bodo City, renovation/remodeling of Community Primary School 1, Biara, renovation/remodeling of Community Primary School, Lewe, renovation/remodeling of Community Primary School 1, K-Dere.
Others are renovation/remodeling of the office complex housing the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps and Nigeria Immigration Service, renovation/remodeling of the NULGE Administrative Block, located inside the Gokana Council Secretariat, Kpor, installation of solar-powered street lights on major roads and streets in Gokana spanning across 16 communities in the area, complete rehabilitation of the Gokana Central Stadium, renovation/remodeling of Copers Lodge at Bomu Secondary School.
Also renovation/remodeling of Community Primary School Bua-Yeghe, renovation/remodeling of Community Primary School Bogor-Yeghe amongst others.
