Rivers
RSNC Honours Retired Director
Rivers State Newspaper Corporation (RSNC) last Friday honoured her Director of Administration, Mr. Alfred Nworgu, who disengaged from the service after the mandatory 35 years.
Speaking at the event, the General Manager of the Corporation, Mr. Celestine Ogolo, said the ceremony was organised to show appreciation to the efforts of the retired Director of Administration who discharged his duties creditably.
Ogolo, disclosed that in the five years he worked with Mr. Alfred Nworgu, as Director of Administration, they worked cooperatively to the betterment of the Corporation.
“I cherished working with you, because you discharged your duties without blemish”, the General Manager declared, pointing out that Majority of the staff of the Corporation acknowledged that the retired Director contributed his best to the growth of the Newspaper.
He noted that the former Director made his mark in the Corporation as a diligent worker who had scarified a lot to ensure smooth administration of the establishment.
According to the General manager, “Rivers State Newspaper Corporation is proud of your achievement and you would be someone to be emulated and remembered by staff”, adding that the support from his family equally contributed to this success.
The new Director of Administration Mrs Emi Jameson, described Mr. Nworgu as her mentor who had left a big shoe in the administration of the corporation, stressing that she now appreciates the contributions of the former Director better.
Other management staff Mr. Dagogo Clinton, Valentine Ugboma and Goodluck Ukwe, separately eulogized the services of Mr. Nworgu to the growth and development of the State Newspaper Corporation, adding that civil servants should endeavour to leave their prints on the sands of time.
Union leaders Mr. Felix Okogbule and Abraham Umesi, acknowledged the meticulous but pragmatic approach of the former Director of Administration in the discharge of his duties.
Responding, the former Director of Administration, Mr. Alfred Nworgu, thanked the management and staff of the Corporation for the honour which showed that his contributions to the growth of the newspaper had been appreciated.
Mr. Nworgu attributed the secret of his success to God and advised staff to be God fearing in all their dealing to merit His favour.
He also urged Management staff to abide by the principle of collective obligation in the implementation of decisions to move the establishment forward and sued for cooperation among the staff.
The Rivers state Chief Judge, Justice SIMONE CHIBUZOR-AMADI has given an indication to sanction any lawyer who fail to comply with directive of a judge in the state to transferred a case to Rivers State Multi Door Courthouse for Alternatives Dispute Resolution.
Justice AMADI stated this during a brief ceremony held at the chief judge auditorium in port Harcourt Friday held to hand over certificates of operation to two private ADR chambers on Precarious Dispute Resolution Services and Harmony Arbitration and mediation center .
He urged the two private ADR centres to be diligent in the discharge of their duties and warned against compromising the standard of Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR but should observed the regulations set out in collaboration regulation by the state Multi Door Court House.
Earlier in a address, the Director of the State Multi Door Courthouse, VICTOR NWEKE esq, highlighted some of the achievements of the Multi Door Courthouse especially in decongestion of court rooms.
NWEKE while disclosing how the department certified the two private ADR centres called for serious punitive measures be taken against any lawyer who fail to comply with a case referred to Multi Door Court House by a judge or magistrates in the state.
In her acceptance speech on behalf of the two certified private ADR centres, ALICE NIMI commended the State Judiciary and Multi Door Courthouse for the approval and assured that all the rules and regulations spelt out will be followed.
In a related development; the Rivers State Judiciary has assured its readiness to collaborate with Nigerian Securityding Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC in using Alternative Dispute Resolution to resolve some of the issues in their office.
The state Chief Judge , Justice SIMONE CHIBUZOR-AMADI made the promise when he received in audience the Zonal Commander of NSCDC, Assistant Commandant General, AYINLA TALYE OLOWO and his team who paid him a courtesy visit in his office , Friday where issuees ADR utilization took centre stage.
He used the opportunity to brief his visitors on the hurdles judges faces daily in the court room and the need for the decongestion of the court room , stressing that one judge handle more than three hundred cases but that if lawyers and litigants adopt ADR practice court rooms can be releive of the daily congestions.
The state Chief Judge however urged NSCDC to ensure a wider sensitization of the members of the public on the practice of ADR for a better awareness and knowledge.
Earlier in his speech, the Zonal Commander of NSCDC, Assistant Commandant General, AYINLA TALYE-OLOWO said the visit was to seek collaboration on the use of ADR in resolving some issues which he insisted would help decongest the courtrooms.
Our correspondent reports officials of the Rivers State Multi Door Courthouse led by the Director, VICTOR NWEKE led the team of NSCDC on a technical session where information on how to the fully in cooperated into the Multi Door Courthouse and operation of ADR will be emphasized.
Akujobi Amadi