Rivers
LGA Targets Three Road Projects In 2023
In continuation of the infrastructural development witnessed across Emohua Local Government Area within one year of his administration, the Chairman, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, says provisions have been made in the 2023 budget estimate for the funding of three new road projects and other critical infrastructures across the area.
According to the Council Chairman, the three new road projects captured in the 2023 budget include the construction of Ahia Mgbere-Ibaa Road in Ibaa, the construction of Oriaja-Mgbuetor Road in Mgbuetor-Emohua, and the construction of Eli-Israel Road in Rumuche-Emohua, also in Emohua LGA.
Dr. Lloyd stated this when he presented over N5 billion 2023 appropriation estimate to the Emohua Legislative Assembly for consideration and approval, yesterday.
The local government chairman, while presenting the budget, said over N2billion is earmarked for capital expenditure in the budget, which represents 50.6 percent of the total budget estimate.
He said the 2023 budget, christened, ‘The Budget of Consolidation’, would be financed through the monthly allocation from the federation account, which is the main source of revenue for Emohua local government council.
Lloyd also said the 2023 appropriation estimate when implemented will consolidate on the gains of his administration in security, infrastructure and other critical areas.
Speaking further, he disclosed that his administration had concluded plans to sponsor a bill to the legislative assembly to review the internally generated revenue policy of Emohua Local Government in January 2023.
The Chairman, who commended the leadership and members of the local government legislative assembly for their support to his administration, appealed to the councillors to give the bill a timely consideration and approval.
The leader of Emohua Legislative Assembly, Hon Mrs Love Nyenke, commended the council Chairman for his untiring willingness to reposition Emohua LGA and promised to ensure that the 2023 appropriation estimate is given a speedy hearing, for the overall development of Emohua LGA.
Meanwhile, work is expected to commence at the proposed site for the construction of a Police Station at the Emohua campus of the Rivers State University along the Emohua-Kalabari road as directed by the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, during the commissioning of the campus.
The Chairman said his administration had already released one hundred percent of the funds needed for the construction of a multi-purpose one storey building to serve as Emohua Divisional Police Headquarters, for effective policing of the university campus and Emohua communities.
He said the construction of the Police Divisional Headquarters situated around the university campus will also help to improve security of lives and properties along the Emohua-Kalabari road and Ogbakiri communities in Emohua LGA.
Dr. Lloyd was accompanied to the budget presentation by the Vice Chairman of Emohua LGA, Hon Mrs Edna Nyeche, erstwhile Chairmen of Emohua LGA, Eze Paul Wonodi (PDP caucus leader), Hon Barr. Emma Wonodi, and Hon John Wokoma, immediate past Rivers State Commissioner for Housing, Elder Chinedu Tasie Nwobueze, and other members of the PDP caucus committee in the LGA.
The secretary of Emohua LGA, Chief Vincent Chukwu, and members of the council’s management committee, principal officers and appointees of the local government also witnessed the budget presentation.
By: Theresa Fredrick & Charity Amiso
Rivers
Police Investigate Officer’s Suicide In PH
The Police Command in Rivers State has confirmed the commencement of an investigation into the death of a police officer who allegedly took his own life in Port Harcourt.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
“We received a report about an officer who allegedly killed himself.
“However, we are currently investigating the report to ascertain what transpired”, she stated.
Iringe-Koko reported that the Commissioner of Police in the Sstate, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for a thorough investigation.
According to viral reports Monday, Insp. Maxwell Zabu, formerly a security detail to Victor Ihunwo, a former Chairman of Port Harcourt City Council, allegedly shot himself at Ihunwo’s residence in Eagle Island, Port Harcourt.
A source familiar with the incident said the matter was reported to the Azikiwe Police Division in the area.
“Following the report, detectives from the division visited the scene as part of preliminary investigation procedures”, the source added.
Rivers
Perm Sec Tasks NUJ Leadership On Unity
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications, Rivers State, Mr. Emmanuel Ndah, has charged the leadership of the State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to ensure that all factions of the union are collapsed, especially now that the election is over.
Ndah gave the charge when the newly elected executives of the council and some of its members led by the Chairman, Comrade Paul Bazia, paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the State Secretariat Complex, Port Harcourt, yesterday.
The Permanent Secretary said he will do everything within his reach to ensure that the union is put in the front burner as far as their demands are achievable within the directives of the Sole Administrator of the State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd).
He also promised to ensure that the demands of the union get to the appropriate quarters.
According to him, the effort of the State Sole Administrator is to carry out programmes that can be achieved in six months and urged the NUJ to make demands that can be achieved within the period.
“The (Sole) Administrator has put so much effort to not only carry out achievable programmes, but also ensure peace and security in the State”, he said.
He, therefore,instructed the new executives to carry every member of the union along in the scheme of things.
“After the election, the union is now one. Carry everybody along so that the union will move forward”, he said.
The Chairman of NUJ, Bazia, had earlier assured the Permanent Secretary that the new executive was ready to work with the government to change the negative narratives and move the State forward.
Bazia further emphasised that the union will ensure factual reportage that will bring about the development of the State.
He also said the essence of the visit was to introduce the new executives to their host and lamented the deplorable condition of the NUJ Secretariat and urged the Permanent Secretary to help push the demands of the union to the state government, while highlighting some of the challenges faced in the Council.
“In terms of mobility, we have no vehicle, the one we have is in a bad shape. Most of the facilities are bad, so we need you to help push our issues to the Administrator pending when our Governor will be restored”, he said.
He thanked the Permanent Secretary for receiving members of the union within a short notice.
King Onunwor
Rivers
Rivers Judiciary Denies Reports On SOLAD’s Sack
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied claims of media reports online that a judge of its High Court issued a ruling in favour of Governor Siminalayi Fubara against former Governor Nyesom Wike and President Bola Tinubu allegedly sacking the Sole Administrator of the State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd).
A statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the State High Court, David Ihua-Maduenyi, on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, described the purported report as false and misleading, particularly for linking a judge of the State High Court, Justice Boma Diepiri, to a ruling that reportedly came from a Federal High Court.
According to the statement, Justice Diepiri is a Judge of the Rivers State High Court and not of the Federal High Court and currently on Easter vacation, which commenced on Monday, 14th April.
The Chief Registrar further clarified that the Federal High Court and the State High Court are separate entities, stressing that “the inclusion of Justice Diepiri’s name in the fabricated report underscores the crass ignorance of the author”.
The statement, signed by Ihua-Maduenyi, reads in part, “The attention of the Rivers State Judiciary has been drawn to a fake news report alleging that His Lordship, Hon. Justice Boma Diepiri, delivered a judgment sacking the Sole Administrator of Rivers State. This is false in its entirety.
“Justice Diepiri is a judge of the High Court of Rivers State, not of the Federal High Court as was falsely reported.
“Additionally, His Lordship is currently on Easter vacation which began on Monday, April 14, 2025”.
It advised the general public and members of the media to always cross checked information concerning the judiciary before publishing, and disregard the said report in its entirety, saying “its an embodiment of falsehood and fabricated story”.
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