Politics
JUST IN: Wike Increases Number Of Special Assistants To 200,000
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, has increased the number of his Special Assistants on Political Unit Affairs from 100,000 to 200,000.
On Friday, he made the announcement as he swore in the second and final group of the initial 100,000 assistants from the Rivers East Senatorial District. Nyesom Wike, On Thursday, administered oaths of office to the first group of roughly 45,000 assistants from the Rivers South-East and Rivers West Senatorial Districts.
The state government first announced the appointment of the record-breaking number of assistants on October 11 with an initial estimate of 14,000 people.
The following day, it was doubled to 28,000, and then it increased to 50,000.
In a decent media chat, Governor Wike revealed that the PDP leaders in Rivers State had discussed and decided to increase the number of Special Assistant appointments to 100,000.
At the very least, appointees were chosen evenly, with representation from all political units across the state’s 23 Local Government Areas’ 319 Wards.
Their responsibility is to provide the state government with frank feedback from the general populace. Through the 319 Ward-level liaison officers, who will then report to the 32 State Constituency Liaison Officers for transmission to the Governor’s office, they are to convey public sentiment toward the Wike administration.
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The 32 State Constituency Liaison Officers and the 319 Wards Liaison Officers took their oaths of office earlier this week.
Speaking at the Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium during the inauguration of the final group of the 100,000 Special Assistants, Governor Wike said the appointment is a component of the “stomach infrastructure” he promised to put in place alongside his administration’s physical infrastructure.
The purpose of the enormous number of appointments, he clarified, is to enable him to finish “very, very well.”
In other news, the Yobe State government has approved the construction of nine roads covering 74.5km. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Abdullahi Shehu, stated in Damaturu on Friday that the ministry already published tenders for bidding for the projects.
“The ministry, therefore, invites all experienced and competent bidders/vendors with relevant experience to submit Technical and Financial bids for the projects,” he stated.
“The projects are 22.5km asphalt road from Fika to Maluri, 18km asphalt road from Bukarti to Toshia, 13km asphalt road from Jajimaji to Karasuwa, and 4km asphalt road from Nguru Highway to Karasuwa Galu.
“Others are the construction of 5Km asphalt road with 10km concrete drains in Damaturu, 3km asphalt road with 6km concrete drains in Potiskum and 3km asphalt road with 6km concrete drains in Nguru.
“Similarly, the government will construct 3km asphalt road with 6km concrete drains in Gashua, and 3km asphalt road with 6km concrete drains in Geidam,’’ Shehu stated.
The permanent secretary added that only competent contractors with the requisite qualifications as certified by the state’s Bureau for Public Procurement would be considered for the jobs.
He expressed the determination of the Gov. Mai-Mala Buni administration to open up more communities with good roads to enhance the socioeconomic development of the state and its people.