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Ministry Partners RSNC On Publicity
The Rivers State Ministry of Environment is to partner with the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation (RSNC) to ensure adequate coverage and reportage of its activities.
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Nduye Christie Tobin Briggs, said this during a courtesy call by the management of the corporation to his office in Port Harcourt, yesterday.
Briggs, who described The Tide Newspaper as an important organ of information, said activities of the ministry cover lots of areas ranging from environmental pollution to oil spillages.
According to him, the public needs to be informed of what the ministry was doing in core areas.
The permanent secretary also commented on the increasing rate of oil spills in the state, stressing that the ministry will enlist the support of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation to sensitise the people on the dangers of oil spills, illegal oil bunkering and other nefarious environmental activities.
Earlier, the General Manager of the corporation, Chief Ernest Chinwo, had said the visit was to seek for mutual collaboration for the growth and developments of the state.
Chinwo said as a strategic ministry, the general public needs to be sensitised on its activities
He said The Tide Newspaper, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, was the only surviving state-owned newspaper in both the South-South and South-East regions of Nigeria.
He said the corporation can collaborate with the ministry in the area of publicising its activities as well as printing of its documents such as office flat files, diaries and others.
The general manager also said that the 50th anniversary of the newspaper would also be used to advance the cause of the corporation.
Rivers
100 Days: Omuma Council Boss Lists Achievements
The Chairman of Omuma Local Government Council in Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Promise Reginald, has given his scorecard in the first 100 days of his administration.
Reginald was elected on October 6, 2024 under the platform of All People’s Party (APP) alongside 21 other Council chairmen in the State, with the exclusion of Etche Local Government Council chairman, Dr. Uzodinma Nwafor, who was elected from a different political party.
Given his scorecard at a press briefing held in his Port Harcourt last Thursday, the Omuma Council boss expressed gratitude to Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, and the Omuma people for the confidence reposed in him.
He listed restoration of 24 hours electricity, belle first welfare empowerment programme, purchase of 28 empowerment vehicles as well as 100 JAMB forms as some of the projects his administration had achieved within the first 100 days in office.
Others were the construction of Eberi Mordern Market, renovation of Eberi Hospital, construction of hospital and rural road in Ward 2 as well as the construction of a secondary school project in Ward 10 as ongoing projects started by his administration that were near completion within three to four months period.
He pointed out with pleasure that Governor
Fubara had taken over the construction of the modern school project and the road construction.
On the human capacity development, the chairman said that his administration introduced an empowerment programme where an Omuma indegene was given one million naira every month to support his or her business.
“On education development, we have constituted a Scholarship Board to award scholarships to 10 best students of Omuma origin from year one to final year, and also we have resolved to award overseas scholarships to three Omuma indigenes to study abroad in science, medicine and engineering related disciplines. We want to leave a legacy that we will be remembered when we leave office”, he stated
According to him, his administration has proposed to establish a modern hotel in the area and also embark on mechanized agriculture to boost the revenue and tourism of the local government area.
He used the opportunity to thank the people of the local government area for their support for the Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, and assured that Omuma people would continue to support the present administration in the state.
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