BY MAYOWA SAMUEL
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has announced the appointment of 28,000 persons into various political offices.
This comes 24 hours after the governor appointed 14,000 Special Advisers, as well as 319 Ward Liaison Officers and 40 Local Government Area Liaison Officers.
The new list of appointments was contained in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Kelvin Ebiri who noted that all appointments are with immediate effect.
Ebiri, in the statement further disclosed that Governor Wike has also set aside N1 billion to support victims of flooding in the state including those affected in Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/ Ndoni local government areas of the state.
According to him, the move is “to enable vulnerable families, particularly in Ahoada West and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGAs, which are the most impacted areas in the state, to cope with the devastating flood water which has inundated homes, farmlands and forced residents of affected communities to relocate to safer places.”
He added that task force has been constituted to make sure that the government intervention is available to the affected persons.
